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This web page provides links to government resources of interest to users of Farmers Markets and gardeners of all types.

Overview of Gardening

The Gardening page from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides the public with resources related to home gardening, nurseries, horticulture, composting, and landscaping:

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navid=GARDENING&parentnav=TRAVEL_RECREATION&navtype=RT

 

Other Key Resources

The U.S. National Arboretum website’s Gardens and Horticulture page provides links to information including Gardening Questions and Answers, Pest Management, the Hardiness Zones Map and a new Invasive Plants Page:  http://www.usna.usda.gov/

 

The USDA Plants Database allows gardeners to identify plants (with colorful images), search for plants common to their area, find a list of plants for a particular application, and view a list of noxious plants:  http://plants.usda.gov/

 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, AMS web site provides an interactive map that allows you to find Farmers Markets near you:

http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/map.htm

 

 

 


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