Small garden design resources

These Links are provided for your information. I hope they are helpful. We only recommend organic, all natural or earth-friendly products that we would use ourselves.

Plants and Wildlife Information

Attracting birds and wildlife to your garden can not only provide you with entertainment and relaxation, it can also be beneficial for your garden. Birds and other wildlife can keep bugs and garden pests under control. Choosing the right plants from the beginning is important. Find out more about the plants and wildlife in your garden.

Plants:

Wildflower.org Find which plants are native to your area of the U.S. & Canada.
Arbor Day Foundation Hardiness Zone Tool Find your climate zone.
Sunset Plant Finder – Find the best plants for your climate zone and garden using this free useful tool.

Birds and Wildlife:

The Butterfly Site Find out which plants attract butterflies and everything else you ever wanted to know about butterflies.
Audubon Society Around for more than a century, their mission is to “To conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity.”
Avian Web Has all the information you need about caring for wild as well as pet birds.
Bird watching app If you like birdwatching you’ll love this app; it turns your phone into a guidebook, teaches you how to attract birds and even plays bird songs that will attract the birds to you.

Seed Suppliers

Seeds are great for starting your garden or for growing just a few particular plants. They are easy to grow and best of all very economical. If you need seeds you can find some of the best 100% organic (heirloom & traditional), heirloom and conventional varieties below.

urbangardensolutions.com Here you can find a good selection of 100% certified organic (heirloom and traditional) as well as conventional seeds.
Park Seed Co. Great selection of organic as well as conventional seeds.
Botanical Interests They offer over 150 varieties of organic seed as well as heirloom and high quality seed.

Landscape Design Programs

GrowVeg.com is an online Garden Planner which helps you grow fruit and vegetables to the best of their ability, whatever the size or shape of your garden or plot.

Landscape Calculators

Use these useful tools to calculate the amount of plants and materials you need for you garden.

Earth-Friendly Gardening Supplies and Products

Garden Tools When gardening, tools and supplies can make your life and gardening a much easier task. Using the right and good quality tools can make all the difference. You can find some great retailers of gardening and earth-friendly products below.

Patio Covers, Arbor Patio Cover, Patio Awnings, Pergolas, DIY Kits - Do It Yourself Patio Cover, Awning, and Arbor kits. DIY Aluminum and Steel Cover kits. Free installation guides available for all patio covers included with kit. All Kits Discounted 20 percent.
Garden.com They have a huge assortment of everything for your garden.
Mastergardening.com They have all the newest gadgets for improving your garden. Let technology make gardening easy.
Supreme Growers Their plant food and soil improvers products are all-natural or organic which contain beneficial Mycorrhizae and soil bacteria. They even sell Bamboo plants.
urbangardensolutions.com Here you can find an ample selection of products for the garden with an Eco-friendly emphasis.
Eartheasy.com Find an assortment of earth friendly products for the garden.
Garden Shoes Online – Find a great selection of cute garden shoes, clothing and garden supplies.