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Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides

A guide to fruits and vegetables based on pesticide contamination, from the Environmental Working Group (includes criteria used in rankings)

Selections from Archives of American Gardens

“The Archives of American Gardens, part of the Smithsonian Gardens, includes a collection of approximately 60,000 photographic images and records that document historic and contemporary gardens throughout the United States. The images, which depict views from colonial times to the present, include a considerable range of garden features such as furniture and ornamentation, as well as all manner of design styles.”

Seattle Dahlia Society

The Seattle Dahlia Society is a non-profit organization created for Northwest Dahlia enthusiasts. We grow, promote and show Dahlias in the Pacific Northwest. Members meet each month on the second Wednesday with the exception of July and December, at the Shoreline Senior Center at 7:30 pm. The Seattle Dahlia Society holds an annual tuber and plant sale each April that is not only open to members, but to the general public as well. Each year on Labor Day weekend, the Seattle Dahlia Society puts together a show so that growers can share their hard efforts with fellow club members as well as the public; the event is free. Membership information is available on the website, as well as information about dahlias and the club.

Otis Douglas Hyde Herbarium

The Hyde Herbarium (WTUH), collects and houses voucher specimens of all accessioned plants in the Washington Park Arboretum and the Center for Urban Horticulture, horticulturally significant plants, and plants that reflect the research and project efforts of faculty, staff and students at CUH and WPA.

King Conservation District Soil Testing

The King Conservation District has a soil testing program for anyone living within the District boundaries. This includes all of incorporated and unincorporated King County, except for cities that are not members of the King Conservation District: Enumclaw, Federal Way, Milton, Pacific and Skykomish.