Gardening Resources on the Web
These links to resources on insects, ecology and gardens are included here for general information. Please note that these Internet sites are maintained by the parent organizations, and therefore, the Bath Gardening Club is not responsible for the information contained therein.
We welcome suggestions for other learning resources to post here; please use our Contact Us page.
Insects
- The Psychology of Bees: Floral Choices by Bumblebees – What they do and how they do it. Presentation by Dr. Catherine Plowright, University of Ottawa, to the Bath Gardening Club, October 2020.
- Discover Bee Friendly Habitats, Friends of the Earth, UK
- Build a Monarch Butterfly Way Station, Lee Valley Gardening
- Monarch Watch: Education, Conservation, Research
- Lost Ladybug Project , Cornell University
- Wild About Bees: Tips for a Pollinator-Friendly Garden, City of Toronto
Ecology
- Ontario’s Invading Species Awareness Program , Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry
- Invasive Species, Garlic Mustard, Nature Conservancy Canada
- Wild Parsnip and Queen Anne’s Lace , Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry
- Flora Ontario Integrated Botanical Information System (FOIBIS), University of Guelph
Gardens
- Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario
- Make Your own Wildlife Garden , Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa
- Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia
- Les Jardins de Quatre-Vents, La Malbaie, Charlevoix, Québec
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UNESCO Word Heritage Site, Kew, England
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
- Keukenhof Holland , Lisse, Netherlands
Gardening Organizations
- Rideau 1000 Islands Master Gardeners
- Ontario Horticultural Association
- Gardens Canada/Jardins du Canada
- Oakville Horticultural Society
- Ontario Hosta Society
- Rhododendron Society of Eastern Canada – Niagara Region
- Trees are Good: International Society of Arboriculture
Gardening
- How to Care for Seedlings, video, Lee Valley Tools, 2021
- Seeds of Diversity Canada, dedicated to conservation of horticultural biodiversity
- Kingston Area Seed Saving Initiative (KASSI)
- Growing Indoor Plants , University of Georgia
- Successful Container Gardens , University of Illinois
- Poisonous Plants and Flowers, Ontario SPCA and Humane Society
- On Growing Orchids, Canadian Orchid Congress
- Growing Roses in Zone 5, Rideau 1000 Islands Master Gardeners
Magazines
- Canada’s Local Gardener Magazine
- Gardening Enjoyed: Dallying in the Dirt , Ken Brown’s blog, Ontario
