Selected Websites for Gardeners

University of California Websites

Yolo County Master Gardeners
http://ceyolo.ucdavis.edu - Master Gardener volunteers provide information, problem solving expertise, and educational opportunities about home gardening and environmental horticulture to Yolo County residents.

UC California Gardening website
http://cagardenweb.ucdavis.edu/ - The UC Statewide Master Gardener Program designed the California Garden Web to serve as a portal to organize and extend the University of California's vast collection of research-based information about gardening to the public. The California Garden Web focuses on sustainable gardening practices and uses a question and answer format to present solutions. There is a blog on the California Garden Web's home page that is updated weekly, and highlights gardening issues pertaining to the season.

The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/TOOLS/TURF/ For home gardeners and managers of parks, school grounds, and other low-maintenance turf. All you need to know to grow a lawn using little or no pesticide.

UC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu – This site is easy to navigate; there is a link to pests of Home & Landscape (Pest Notes); from that location there are categories such as pests of homes, insects, plant diseases, weeds, and vertebrate pests, with links to specific pests. Don’t miss the weed photo gallery.

UC ANR Catalog orders
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu – This site is easy to navigate; there are publications and videos to order covering agricultural information, gardens and lawns, pest and disease management---“from ants to zinnias, almonds to zinfandel, we’ve got you covered!” You can also download free publications.

California Backyard Orchard
http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu This site includes information for backyard gardeners and consumers about UC research, contacts, courses, publications, news, and events relating to backyard and consumer fruit and nut issues.This is a great place to go for help with seasonal jobs in your home fruit tree orchard, as well as what varieties do well in the home garden and pest management options.

Vegetable Research and Information Center
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/ - This fun website has a virtual tour of vegetable production in California. There are jokes, games, youth science projects and an events calendar. Information re: production, home vegetable gardening , IPM, and post-harvest management is included on many vegetable crops.

UCD Arboretum
http://www.arboretum.ucdavis.edu This site will tell you about the Arboretum and the Mediterranean climate of our area, and upcoming events. See descriptions of the theme and demonstration gardens.

Center for Landscape and Urban Horticulture
http://ucanr.org/sites/UrbanHort/- The center provides access to U.C. research-based information on many environmental horticultural issues.

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ - This site discusses sustainable agriculture and the program at UC Davis. There is a newsletter on line.

Weed Identification Tool – Weed Information UC Davis
http://weedid.wisc.edu/ca/weedid.php - This project conducts research and education activities designed to provide useful information to the public that is specific to weedy plants of the US, specifically California.

OTHER WEBSITES

Plant Right – Invasive Plants and Alternatives
http://www.plantright.org/ - Keep invasive plants in check. Learn about invasive plants and alternatives in your area.

UC Berkeley Urban Bee Garden
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/ - A guide to introducing pollinators into your garden.

Our Water Our World
http://www.ourwaterourworld.org - This website has been developed to assist consumers in managing home and garden pests in a way that helps protect our water and the environment. Included is a list of products that are considered safer alternatives to more conventional pesticides

Regional Water Authority
http://www.rwah2o.org/rwa/educated/ - Information resources to help you learn more about water supply sources, water quality issues, water management tools and water-saving practices for homes and businesses

Waterwise Pest Control
http://www.sacstormwater.org/wise/ - This site offers downloadable “fact sheets” on alternative methods of controlling common garden pests. There is a link to gardening with beneficial insects.

California Native Plant Society (CNPS)
http://www.cnps.org This site covers the mission of CNPS, and includes a photo gallery of plants that attract butterflies and the habitat and requirements of native grasses. There are links to local chapters, publications, and action alerts. For those who garden with a more ecological bent, this is an enjoyable and informative website.

Tree Davis
http://www.treedavis.org - This organizations goal is to enhance the urban forest by teaching people to plant and care for trees.