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Resources on Plants and Soil

American Horticultural Society resources

American Horticultural Society
www.ahs.org

Great Plant Guide
www.ahs.org/books/books.htm

Composting Guide 
https://www.austinrealestate.com/homeowners-guide-to-composting.php

Hardiness and Heat Zone Maps
            Hardiness Map: www.ahs.org/publications/usda_hardiness_zone_map.htm
            Heat Zone Map: www.ahs.org/publications/heat_zone_map.htm
           
Information about reliable plants in different regions of the country

Great Plant Picks for the Pacific Northwest
www.greatplantpicks.org

Long Island Gold Medal Plant Award Program brochure
www.ccesuffolk.org/the-long-island-gold-medal-plant-program/

National Gardening Association
Plant Finder, searchable by hardiness zone and other criteria
           www.garden.org/plantfinder
Also, click on Regional Reports for more information about plants
in every region of the U.S.      

Missouri Botanical Garden
Plant Finder: www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Alpha.asp
Also lists Plants of Merit for St. Louis region

Perennial Plant of the Year
View selections from 1990 to date
www.perennialplant.org

The United States National Arboretum
www.usna.usda.gov/

Information on invasive plants and weeds

Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides:
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants, By C. Colston Burrell
Available at www.bbg.org; click on Shop, then BBG Publications    

Center for Invasive Plant Management
www.weedcenter.org

National Gardening Association
Weed Library: www.garden.org/weedlibrary/

United States Department of Agriculture
www.plants.usda.gov/java/noxiousDriver

General information on soil

The Soil and Water Conservation Society
www.swcs.org

Soil Food Web
www.soilfoodweb.com

Soil Science Society of America
www.soils.org

USDA National Resources Conservation Service
www.ny.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soils/

Soil testing information

Cooperative Extensions
Find your nearest cooperative extension office
www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html

University of Massachusetts Amherst:
Soil & Plant Tissue Testing Laboratory
www.umass.edu/soiltest/
                       
Making compost and compost tea

Battery Park City Conservancy
www.bpcparks.org/bpcp/bpcp/operations.php

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Urban Composting Project
www.bbg.org/compost
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Composting and Landscaping at Home
http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/composting-and-landscaping-at-home/#.WJNtorYrLJw

International Compost Tea Council
www.intlctc.org

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
www.attra.org, see “Notes On Compost Teas” publication in section on
Soils & Compost

US Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/composting/

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service compost information
www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=8818#Backyard%20Composting



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