Martha Stewart Living

From City of Seattle. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) uses regular monitoring to determine if and when treatments are needed to control weed, insect, or disease pests. IPM employs physical, mechanical, cultural, biological and educational tactics to keep pest numbers low enough to prevent unacceptable damage or annoyance. Chemical controls are used as a last resort, and least-toxic chemicals are preferred.

CalFlora

An online database providing occurrence data about native and introduced plants in California.

NW Fruit (was Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation)

Seed Money

“SeedMoney is a Maine-based 501c nonprofit helping US and global food garden projects to thrive through grants, crowdfunding assistance and free garden planning software.”

Oregon State University: Landscape Plants

The site features images and information on over 900 landscape plants (mostly woody) listed in alphabetical order by genus. Use the Plant Search to filter by attributes such as flower color or leaf shape to narrow down the possibilities.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Library

“Library, Art & Archives contains more than half a million items, including books, botanical illustrations, photographs, letters and manuscripts, periodicals, biographies and maps.”

Resident self-testing protocol for testing soil

This protocol has been developed by King County to guide property owners and residents who would like to test their own soils for environmental toxins and heavy metals.

Marion Ownbey Herbarium at WSU

The Ownbey Herbarium is a collection of nearly 400,000 specimens of vascular and non vascular plants and lichens. The Herbarium includes plants from around the world, although those of the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and California form the majority of the collection.

USDA Hardiness Zone Map

The United States National Arboretum gives a short history and explanation of the USDA plant hardiness zone map. Click on their link to the Zone Map to actually see the map and learn your climate zone. The site also lists representative plants by zone as well as an alphabetical list of popular woody plants and their respective zones.