Links to other gardening websites of interest

Since there is always so much to share about gardening knowledge, we have listed some of our favorite websites and blogs below.  Please feel free to check them out, just remember that you will be leaving this website as you do!

General Gardening Websites

GardenWeb - The Internet's Garden Community http://www.gardenweb.com/
Better Homes and Gardens http://www.bhg.com

Western Gardening Websites

The Sunset company has extremely well written books on all subjects pertaining to gardening in the western states.  Their magazine, Sunset Magazine, is published monthly, and is one of my favorite pieces of mail I look forward to every month:  http://www.sunset.com

WaterWise Gardening Websites

High Country Gardens is my favorite site for waterwise and high altitude gardening tips and plant selections.  They have an awesome catalog of plants both online and in hardcopy:
http://highcountrygardens.com

Colorado based Websites

Colorado Springs Utilities Xeriscape section: http://www.csu.org/environment/xeriscape/index.html
Colorado State University Cooperative Extension:  http://www.ext.colostate.edu/
Xeriscape Colorado and the Colorado WaterWise Council:  http://www.xeriscape.org
Plant Select Program in Colorado:  Plant Select
Denver Botanic Gardens:  http://www.botanicgardens.org/pageinpage/home.cfm
Front Range Living:  http://www.frontrangeliving.com/garden.htm
Colorado Native Plant Society:  http://www.conps.org
Rocky Mountain Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society:  http://www.rmcnargs.org

Great Gardening Blogs

Dry Ideas:  www.dry-ideas.com  Particularly relevant to our high altitude, low water planting environment.
Bev's Colorado Garden:  http://bevscoloradogarden.blogspot.com Local gardening blog for the Pike's Peak Region with lots of beautiful garden pictures and links to other gardening blogs.
Sustainable Gardening Blog:  http://sustainablegardeningblog.com  "Sustainable" is the gardening and landscaping newest buzz word.  Learn about it here.
The Garden Rant:  http://www.gardenrant.com/  This is a great jumping off point to hundreds of other gardening links and blogs.

Organizations that promote eco-friendly, environmentally conscious learning and giving

  Heifer International

WindStar Wildlife Institute:  http://www.windstar.org/
Eco Backyard:  http://www.ecobackyard.com

Please check back here frequently - more links to be added soon.