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Gardening Subject Guide
A pathfinder designed to educate people about gardening.
Local Resource
Garden Helpline
In most counties, Rutgers-trained Master Gardener volunteers are available to answer questions from the public. The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County will take your gardening questions Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at (609) 465-5115.
World Wide Web Resources
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
www.rce.rutgers.edu/garden/default.asp
Rutgers Cooperative Extension offers home gardeners extensive, research-based information on many horticultural topics. Their web site includes links to RCE’s publications, a weed gallery, soil testing information, disease/pest information, and more.
The Garden Web
www.gardenweb.com
American Horticultural Society
www.ahs.org
Better Homes and Gardens
www.bhg.com
National Gardening Assoc.
www.garden.org
About.com Gardening
http://gardening.about.com
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
www.wildflower.org
PlantAmerica.com
www.etera.com
Old Farmer’s Almanac
www.almanac.com/garden
WebGarden
http://webgarden.osu.edu/
Print Resources
Nonfiction
The all - new illustrated guide to gardening : planning, selection, propagation, organic solutions / edited by Fern Marshall Bradley and Cole, Trevor Pleasantville, NY : Reader's Digest, c2009. Call # 635 AL
Ask the garden doctor : 1,200 cures for common garden problems / editor and contributing writer, Denny Schrock Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, c2010. Call # 635 AS
Ballister - Howells, Pegi Month - by - month gardening in New Jersey Nashville, TN : Cool Springs Press, c2004. Call # 635.097 BA
Ballister - Howells, Pegi New Jersey gardener's guide Nashville, TN : Cool Springs Press, c2004. Call # 635.9 BA
Better Homes and Gardens Step - by - step perennials Des Moines, IW : Better Homes and Gardens, c1998. Call # 635.932 BE
Ellis, Barbara W. Barron's complete gardener's dictionary New York, NY : Barron's, c2000. Call # 635.03 EL
Green, Joey Joey Green's gardening magic : more than 1,120 ingenious gardening solutions using brand - name products Emmaus, PA : Rodale, c2003. Call # 635.048 GR
Heffernan, Maureen Burpee complete gardener : a comprehensive, up - to - date, fully illustrated reference for gardeners at all levels New York, NY : Macmillan USA, c1995. Call # 635 HE
Kiefer, Lorraine and Beck, Alison Best garden plants for New Jersey Auburn, WA : Lone Pine Pub. International, c2007. Call # 635.9 KI
Pollock, Michael and Griffiths, Mark Illustrated dictionary of gardening New York, NY : DK, c2005. Call # 635 PO
Smittle, Delilah and Richardson, Sheri Ann The complete idiot's guide to year - round gardening New York, NY : Alpha Books, c2010. Call # 635.9 SM
Stokes, Donald W. and Stokes, Lillian Stokes bird gardening book : the complete guide to creating a bird - friendly habitat in your backyard Boston : Little Brown, c1998. Call # 639.978 ST
Tri - state top 10 garden guide / edited by MacCaskey, Michael, Ocone, Lynn, and the editors of Sunset Books Menlo Park, CA : Sunset Pub. Corp., c2005. Call # 635.0974 TR
Weishan, Michael with Donnelly, Laurie The victory garden companion : America's most popular gardening series offers expert advice for creating a beautiful landscape for your home New York, NY : Collins, c2006. Call # 635 WE
Journal and Magazine Articles
The library subscribes to the following gardening magazines and journals:
Better Homes & Gardens
Coastal Living
Country Living
Family Handyman
Home
Horticulture
House Beautiful
Martha Stewart Living
Metropolitan Home
Mother Earth News
Organic gardening
Traditional Home
Other publications that include gardening articles are: Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, & Women’s Day.
Subject Headings and Dewey Decimal Locations for Gardening Topics:
Bulbs | Indoor gardening |
Color in gardening | Landscape gardening |
Container gardening | Low maintenance gardening |
Flower gardening | Mulching |
Fruit--culture (or names of fruit) | Native plant gardening |
Garden pests | Organic gardening |
Gardeners | Pruning |
Gardens | Seashore gardening |
Greenhouses | Seaside gardening |
Herb gardening | Square foot gardening |
Horticulture | Vegetable gardening |
Recommended Video Sources
Jerry Baker's garden of herbal delights [videorecording] Detroit, MI : DPTV Media, c2002. Call # DVD 635.7 JER
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