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Garden Clubs

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Garden Club of Amherst
Meets monthly, February through October.
Membership: by invitation
Contact: Karen Chrisman, 253-4841 or Sherry Wilson, 256-6955
Alpine Garden Club
Meets five times a year, usually at Hadley Senior Center.
Membership: open
Contact: Debbie Windoloski, 586-1281
Easthampton Garden Club
Meets monthly, except in summer, at the Easthampton Community Center.
Membership: by invitation
Contact: Kathleen Sikop, 584-6582
Valley Bloomers
Meets ten months a year at the Lathrop Inn in Easthampton.
Membership: open
Contact: Cecile Campbell, 527-9550
Northampton currently (July 2009) has no garden club. If you're interested in helping start one, call Robin Freedenfeld at 584-4995.
Williamsburg Plant People
Meets annually in spring to plan plant sale.
Membership: open
Contact: Sherri Marti, 268-7307
Worthington Gardeners
Meets monthly, except summer, at Town Hall
Membership: open
Contact: Elodi McBride, 238-4466

The Garden Gate
http://the-garden-gate.org/
Another user-friendly gateway site.

WWW Virtual Library for Gardening
http://www.gardenweb.com/vl/
A nice gateway site leading to numerous other online gardening resources.

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• In the rose garden of the martyrs : a memoir of Iran
  by Christopher de Bellaigue

• Susannah's garden
  by Debbie Macomber

• The nature-friendly garden : creating a backyard haven for plants, wildlife, and people
  by Marlene A. Condon

• Fences, gates & garden walls : includes new vinyl fencing styles\\

Fiction Books

• The garden of Ruth
  by Eva Etzioni-Halevy

• The Garden of Eden and other criminal delights
  by Faye Kellerman

• The savage garden
  by Mark Mills

• The garden of Eve
  by K.L. Going

• Garden spells
  by Sarah Addison Allen

• The bone garden : a novel
  by Tess Gerritsen

• A prisoner in the garden
  by the Nelson Mandela Foundation

• The garden of truth : the vision and promise of Sufism, Islam's mystical tradition
  by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

• The new tech garden
  by Paul Cooper

• Newspaper, pennies, cardboard & eggs for growing a better garden : more than 400 new, fun, and ingenious ideas to keep your garden growing great all season long
  by Roger Yepsen and the editors of Organic gardening magazine

Fiction Books

• The garden of Ruth
  by Eva Etzioni-Halevy

• The savage garden
  by Mark Mills

• The garden of Eve
  by K.L. Going

• Garden spells
  by Sarah Addison Allen

• The bone garden : a novel
  by Tess Gerritsen

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Garden Display Books

• The garden in winter : plant for beauty and interest in the quiet season\\

• The essential garden maintenance workbook\\

by Paul Cooper

• Rodale's vegetable garden problem solver : the best and latest advice for beating pests, diseases, and weeds and staying a step ahead of trouble in the garden
  by Fern Marshall Bradley

• Stained glass in the garden
  byVicki Payne

• The garden in winter : plant for beauty and interest in the quiet season

by Suzy Bales

• The essential garden maintenance workbook

by Rosemary Alexander

• Rodale's vegetable garden problem solver : the best and latest advice for beating pests, diseases, and weeds and staying a step ahead of trouble in the garden
  by Fern Marshall Bradley

• Big book of garden designs\\

• The garden primer\\

• The new tech garden\\

Gardening Books

Non-Fiction Books
Big book of garden designs
by Marianne Lipanovich and Tom Wilhite
The garden primer
by Barbara Damrosch ; illustrations by Linda Heppes Funk, Ray Maher, and Carol Bolt
The new tech garden
by Paul Cooper

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Western Massachusetts Master Gardeners' Association
http://www.wmassmastergardeners.org/
A non-profit, volunteer organization which originated at the Cooperative Extension Service of the State University System. WWMGA's primary goal is to share gardening knowledge and skills with the public. They offer telephone and e-mail hotlines dedicated to answering gardening questions.

Also check out these subject guides: Agriculture | Food

Find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.

Local Harvest
http://www.localharvest.org/
find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.

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Also check out these pages: Agriculture | Food

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Landscaping

Green Landscaping with Native Plants\\

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Landscaping
Green Landscaping with Native Plantshttp://www.epa.gov/greenacres/
US Environmental Protection Agency's list of useful sites on this topic.

Find information on tree care and planting, education, a newly updated hardiness zones map and tree identification of dozens of commonly planted landscape trees that grow throughout the United States.

Find information on Tree Care and Planting, education, and a newly updated hardiness zones map and tree identification and information on dozens of commonly planted landscape trees that grow throughout the United States.

The National Arbor Day Foundation
http://www.arborday.org
This site offers detailed information on dozens of commonly planted landscape trees that grow throughout the United States. Find information on Tree Care and Planting, education, tree identification and a newly updated hardiness zones map.

National Gardening Association
http://www.garden.org/home
Updated often. Includes many features, such as: "tip of the day", a kids gardening site with classroom resources, an article library, recipes, message boards, online courses, and more!

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Community

American Community Garden Association
http://www.communitygarden.org/
Includes a Listserv, a map showing the location of community gardens in the United States and Canada, as well as information on sustainable agriculture, farmers markets, composting, etc.

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Northampton Garden Tour
Saturday, June 16 2007, 10 AM - 3 PM, Rain or Shine.
This annual event benefits the Friends of Forbes Library.
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USDA Plants Database
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American Community Garden Association
http://www.communitygarden.org/
Includes a Listserv, a map showing the location of community gardens in the United States and Canada, as well as information on sustainable agriculture, farmers markets, composting, etc.

American Community Garden Association
http://www.communitygarden.org/
Includes a Listserv, a map showing the location of community gardens in the United States and Canada, as well as information on sustainable agriculture, farmers markets, composting, etc.

Plant Facts
http://plantfacts.osu.edu/

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Find information and resources about: organic gardening, farming, development, education, projects, sustainable agriculture worldwide, and a Heritage Seed Library.

Garden Organic

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/

Find information and resources about: organic gardening, farming, development, education, projects, sustainable agriculture worldwide, and a Heritage Seed Library. This Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) website is dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.

Northampton Garden Tour
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National Gardening Association
http://www.garden.org/home
Updated often. Includes many features, such as: "tip of the day", a kids gardening site with classroom resources, an article library, recipes, message boards, online courses, and more!

Northampton Garden Tour
http://www.forbeslibrary.org/friends/index.php?n=Main.GardenTour
Saturday, June 16 2007, 10 AM - 3 PM, Rain or Shine. This annual event benefits the Friends of Forbes Library.

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