List of Resources
Garden Centers and Stores
Peckerwood Garden
The Arbor Gate (Class Schedule)
Bluebonnet House and Garden Center
Plants N Things, Brenham
Enchanted Gardens
Nelson Water Gardens
Brookwood
Maas Nursery
Wildseeds Farm
Bluebonnet Herb Farm - Hempstead
Seeds & Bulbs
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Annie's Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Richters - Herbs and Vegtables
Territorial Seed Company
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Southern Bulb Company
Other Garden Clubs
Astro Branch American Begonia Society
Austin Daylily Society
Barton Hills Garden Club
Beaumont Botanical Garden
Bluebonnet Garden Club
Blue Triangle Garden Club
Brazosport Daylily Society
Brightwater Garden Club
Bromeliad Society/Houston
Champion Forest Garden Club
Coldspring Garden Club
Columbus Garden Club
Cypress Creek Lakes Garden Club
Daylily Growers of Dallas
East Texas Daylily Society
Forest Cove Garden Club
Gardeners by the Bay
Georgetown Garden Club
Golden Spread Daylily Society
Houston Area Daylily Society
Houston Hemerocallis Society
Johnson County Iris & Daylily Society
Kingwood Garden Club
Lake Jackson Garden Club
League City Garden Club
Lone Star Daylily Society
Lufkin Hemerocallis Society
Magnolia Garden Club
Meadows Home and Garden Club
Nacogdoches Daylily Society
Nassau Bay Garden Club
Norchester Garden Club
North Texas Daylily Society
Nottingham Country Garden Club
Quail Valley Garden Club
River Oaks Garden Club
San Antonio Daylily Society
Schulenberg Garden Club
Southampton Garden Club
Sprig & Sprout Garden Club
Sugar Creek Garden Club
Sweeny Garden Club
Texas City Garden Club
Texas Garden Inc.
The Garden Club of Austin
The Garden Club of Houston
The Woodlands Garden Club
Tower Oaks Garden Club
Violet Crown Garden Club
Waller County Master Gardeners
Weimar Garden Club
Wooster Garden Club
Miscellaneous
Bug Identification Guide
Weed Identification Guide
Aggie Horticulture
Gardenline with Randy Lemmon
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Texas Hardiness Zone Map
Smart Gardener
Gardener's - Kitchen Garden Planner
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Forecast
Plants for Texas
The Old Farmer's Almanac Planting Date Calculator for Brenham
The Mercer Society
Planters Place (Offers a lot of good info including "Ask an Expert", videos on deadheading flowers, etc.)
Dr. Deb Tolman (Key Hole Gardening)
ReviewLab (Awesome site for General Gardening, Planning, Teaching, Indoor, Gardening Organizations, Blogs, & Podcast) - NEW
Chappell Hill Chamber of Commerce
Lazy Gardener & Friends Newsletter (Click here to sign-up for newsletter)
Vegetable Garden Planner
Washington Homeopathic Products
Neil Sperry - Aggieland Turnaround
How To Build a Butterfly Garden (Submitted by Tess Mulaney. Thanks Tess and Lily!)
Home Gardening Tips (Submitted by (Submitted by Angela and Bella. Thank you!)
Wild Birds Unlimited
Cornell Lab
National Audubon Society
Hummingbirds.net
Kelb Woods Preserve - Tomball
Easy Step-By-Sep Guide to Vegetable Gardening
Gardening with Kids for Healthier Children
Mulch Calculator
Texas Snakes & More - Clint Pustejovsky - www.texassnakes.net
Bokashi Cycle (Composting Supplier) - www.bokashicycle.com
How to Start a Vegetable Garden for Beginners by Tim Graham (Yard & Garden Guru)
A Beginner's Guide to Gardening by Stacy Johnna - Editor/Best Reviews List
Flowers That Attract Bees and Butterflies to Your Garden - submitted by Natalie from Youth Gardening Club
Monthly Garden Check List (Compiled by Debbie Roberts - Thank you Debbie!!)
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Videos
Hummingbirds
Echinopsis Cactus Flowers Blooming
The still images and timelapse videos/animated GIFS you’ll find here show Echinopsis cactus flowers blooming, wilting, and just generally strutting their amazing stuff.
While many types of cacti have wonderful flowers, I hope you’ll soon agree that the Echinopsis family of cacti rules the roost.
Please sign up for my email newsletter using the simple form at the bottom of this site. You’ll be pinged with email updates twice a month at most. Please also follow EchinopsisFreak on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and/or Twitter.
YouTube Source: https://youtu.be/Y3RyGMHrh7k
The still images and timelapse videos/animated GIFS you’ll find here show Echinopsis cactus flowers blooming, wilting, and just generally strutting their amazing stuff.
While many types of cacti have wonderful flowers, I hope you’ll soon agree that the Echinopsis family of cacti rules the roost.
Please sign up for my email newsletter using the simple form at the bottom of this site. You’ll be pinged with email updates twice a month at most. Please also follow EchinopsisFreak on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and/or Twitter.
YouTube Source: https://youtu.be/Y3RyGMHrh7k
Bioturbation with and without soil fauna Video / Author: @Wim van Egmond (aka: Compositing)
Bioturbation is the mixing of (plant) residues into soils and sediments by biotic activity. It is one of the fundamental processes in ecology, as it stimulates decomposition, creates habitats for other (micro)fauna and increases gas- and water flow through the soil. Here you can see a system without (left) and with (right) soil fauna such as earthworms, potworms, collembola, mites and isopods over a 15 weeks period. During this period, whereas only small fungal activity can be seen on the left side, the layer of leaves on the right side is almost completely incorporated in the soil due to the interaction between microbes, microfauna and mesofauna. This video is part of the Soil Life in Action project. The movie can be used for education. For other use please contact us. © Wim van Egmond 2017
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxp1nnrUG0Q
Bioturbation is the mixing of (plant) residues into soils and sediments by biotic activity. It is one of the fundamental processes in ecology, as it stimulates decomposition, creates habitats for other (micro)fauna and increases gas- and water flow through the soil. Here you can see a system without (left) and with (right) soil fauna such as earthworms, potworms, collembola, mites and isopods over a 15 weeks period. During this period, whereas only small fungal activity can be seen on the left side, the layer of leaves on the right side is almost completely incorporated in the soil due to the interaction between microbes, microfauna and mesofauna. This video is part of the Soil Life in Action project. The movie can be used for education. For other use please contact us. © Wim van Egmond 2017
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxp1nnrUG0Q
Bioturbation - Worms at Work
Bioturbation is the mixing of (plant) residues into soils and sediments by biotic activity. It is one of the fundamental processes in ecology, as it stimulates decomposition, creates habitats for other (micro)fauna and increases gas- and water flow through the soil. This time lapse movie shows bioturbation by 3 earthworms species: - Lumbricus terrestris (an ’anecic’ earthworm, feeding on leaves and living in deep vertical burrows; 2 individuals present) - Lumbricus rubellus (an ’epigeic’ earthworm, feeding on leaves and living in shallow, non-permanent burrows; 2 individuals present) - Aporrectodea caliginosa (an ‘endogeic’ earthworm, feeding on decomposed organic matter and living deeper in the soil; 3 individuals present). Poplar leaves were applied on top of the soil as food for the earthworms. Different soil layers were simulated by mixing a topsoil (rich in organic matter) with quartz sand in various ratios. The recording lasted 1 month. This movie was made in collaboration with scientists from the Department of Soil Quality of Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Soil screening: I.M. Lubbers & J.W. van Groenigen Marie Curie Alumni: G.B. De Deyn Microphonography: Urban Utan Time lapse photography © Wim van Egmond - 2014 With the support of the Marie Curie Alumni Association
Source: https://youtu.be/n3wsUYg3XV0
Bioturbation is the mixing of (plant) residues into soils and sediments by biotic activity. It is one of the fundamental processes in ecology, as it stimulates decomposition, creates habitats for other (micro)fauna and increases gas- and water flow through the soil. This time lapse movie shows bioturbation by 3 earthworms species: - Lumbricus terrestris (an ’anecic’ earthworm, feeding on leaves and living in deep vertical burrows; 2 individuals present) - Lumbricus rubellus (an ’epigeic’ earthworm, feeding on leaves and living in shallow, non-permanent burrows; 2 individuals present) - Aporrectodea caliginosa (an ‘endogeic’ earthworm, feeding on decomposed organic matter and living deeper in the soil; 3 individuals present). Poplar leaves were applied on top of the soil as food for the earthworms. Different soil layers were simulated by mixing a topsoil (rich in organic matter) with quartz sand in various ratios. The recording lasted 1 month. This movie was made in collaboration with scientists from the Department of Soil Quality of Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Soil screening: I.M. Lubbers & J.W. van Groenigen Marie Curie Alumni: G.B. De Deyn Microphonography: Urban Utan Time lapse photography © Wim van Egmond - 2014 With the support of the Marie Curie Alumni Association
Source: https://youtu.be/n3wsUYg3XV0