A list of the best books, articles and websites on the construction of garden structures.
Archives: Recommended Websites
Puget Sound Mycological Society
PSMS is “an organization of people interested in mushrooms and mushrooming, which provides support and encouragement for research, education, cultivation, hunting, identifying, and cooking mushrooms.”
Annuals and Biennials Resource List
A list of the best books, articles and websites on annuals and biennials.
Creating Your Own Healthy Habitat
Chapter 3, Audubon At Home in Seattle : Gardening for Life by National Audubon Society and the Seattle Audubon Society (2003). This chapter focuses on how to design a garden that will attract birds. It also includes a plant list.
Wildlife in the Garden
By Idaho Landscapes & Gardens, University of Idaho Extension. Gardens can be alive with songbirds and beneficial insects and many are visited by deer, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, voles, and even the occasional snake. On this page, you’ll find information to help you decide just how “wild” you’d like your garden to be and how to make it more-or less-so.
Designing for Wildlife
A compilation of suggested guidelines for making your landscape more wildlife friendly by PlantNative. These guidelines promote the essential habitat elements of food, cover, water, and places to raise young.
Seattle water supply graph
Graphs of precipitation, snowpack and water use in the Seattle area.
US Drought Portal
Statistics and links to news articles on droughts in the USA.
Information Resources for Trees in Cities
A list of the best books, articles and websites on Trees in Cities.
Information Resources on Sustainable Gardening
A list of resources (books and websites) for the seminar “Sustainable Gardening: the Green Approach” held by the Northwest Horticultural Society in 2007