NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Garden Clubs, Inc. Our parent organization. Find scholarship and membership information, gardening tips, floral and landscape design schools, and helpful gardening links.
Colorado Garden Clubs Colorado is one of the 8 states in our regional gardening district (Rocky Mountain Region ). We share some of the same growing conditions. Take a look at what they are doing and growing!
Calgary, Canada Horticultural Society Information on gardening with conditions much like most of Montana.
Cactus and Succulent Society of America
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Great Backyard Bird Count Read about the birds sighted in your area and how to attract birds to your yard. This is a project sponsored by the National Audubon Society and Cornell Univ. Ornithology Department .
Montana Native Plant Society Plant information, membership, local chapter contacts
North American Rock Garden Society Alpine, saxatile and low-growing perennial information for rock gardens
National Gardening Association
Pollinator Week will be celebrated June 20-26, 2011. For more information visit the site of The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign or the Pollinator Partnership.
Rocky Mountain Region Garden Clubs - Links to the eight states in the National Garden Clubs' Rocky Mountain Region and information on each state's projects
GARDENS
Butchart Gardens British Columbia
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Wyoming's oldest and largest public demonstration site for sustainable renewable energy. It also has one of the highest volunteer-to-staff ratios of any botanical garden: Over 90% of the labor is provided by incredible senior, youth and handicapped volunteers. Applied horticultural therapy is a part of the everyday activity. No admission charge.
Chicago Botanic Garden This botanical garden includes an Enabling Garden and information on horticultural therapy
Denver Botanic Gardens
Tizer Botanic Gardens A beautiful, 3 acre garden 18 miles south of Helena, Montana on I-15.
Gardens in New Zealand
GARDENING FUN FOR YOUTH - resources for empowering
youth in the garden and beyond
"Nancy's Garden" Montana's First Lady Nancy Schweitzer's Math and Science Initiative
Kids Growing Strong
National Gardening Association -- Children's Gardening
OTHER RESOURCES
Flower Arranging Supplies - everything you need for personal arrangements or for the big flower show. Each order placed through this site contributes to Gallatin Empire Garden Club projects. Click on the image to the left.
All American Seed Winners The best flower and vegetable seeds tested and selected by a national group of judges.
Resources on Climate Change Issues in Montana
Garden Guide for Montana Montana State University's monthly newsletter from, MSU Extension
High Country Gardens Plants for the western states
HGTV Garden Reference Page for the TV Show
In the Garden with P. Allen Smith TV Gardening Personality
The Garden Helper Gardening and Landscaping advice and tips
Master Gardener Education Program Information from Montana State University
Plant Talk Colorado Information on a variety of horticulture topics pertinent to the Rocky Mountains
PlantAmerica "Daily Dirt" For fun -- on-line diary of hints and observations from a gardener.
Seed Savers A non-profit oganization of gardeners who grow and share heirloom seeds
Timber Press Books for Gardeners
Victory Garden Information from the TV Show
Water Quality District Information to protect, preserve, and improve the quality of surface waters and ground waters. Good information for xeriscape gardening and stewardship of our water.
Wild Birds Unlimited Educational Site Everything you wanted to know related to birds, bats and bees in your garden.
Zone 4 Magazine Living in the High Country West - a quarterly magazine devoted to gardening, landscaping, local foods and outdoor living