Gardening: Getting Started

Need remembering when it’s safe and smart to start your first spring sowings of vegetable, flower and herb seeds indoors and out? This tool calculates when.

How to grow and care for flowers, plants, and trees, backyard and front yard landscaping ideas, landscape plans, a home garden planner...

This web forum provides an avenue for gardeners to share knowledge. The concept is simple: Gardeners visit the VVfG site and report what varieties perform well – and not so well – in their gardens. Other gardeners visit to view the variety ratings and read the reviews to decide which might work well for them. The VVfG citizen science project also provides an opportunity for researchers to involve knowledgeable and motivated citizens.

Connect with people and information about gardening on the East End.

Use square-foot gardening techniques to create a raised bed garden With this free online planner, you can get the blueprints to a super-productive vegetable garden, based on square-foot gardening techniques instead of traditional rows.Choose from 26 options, including many designed just for elevated raised beds.To create your own garden, click Plan Your Own Garden. Just drag and drop crops to the planting grid and the planner fills in the number of plants.

Resources for consumers and educators, ranging from general information and publications to lessons and grants.