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Horticulture Resources & Links

Find many useful online publications & self-search tools.  Extension’s Gardening Information website is also filled with many publications about a variety of gardening and landscaping topics including a self-directed diagnostic tool. The Yard & Garden News has current pest and garden alerts and timely information.

Recommended Resources

  1. UMN Extension – Garden Site

  2. Anoka Conservation District

  3. What’s Wrong with My Plant? Easy self-search tool for diagnosing common problems in yards and gardens

  4. What Insect is This? Easy self-search tool for identifying common insect in homes and landscapes

  5. Is this Plant a Weed? Easy self-search tool for identifying common weed

  6. UMN Plant Disease Clinic Fee-based service serving commercial growers and general public

  7. Soil Testing Lab Submit a soil sample and receive fertilizer recommendations for yard or garden

  8. My Minnesota Woods – Great tree and shrub information

  9. Bell Museum of Natural History

  10. UMN Bee Lab Recourses on supporting pollinators in your yard and beekeeping information.

  11. MN Dept of Agriculture (MDA)

  12. MN Dept of Natural Resources (MNDNR)

  13. Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series (SULIS) Design, implement and maintain sustainable urban landscapes; great plant selection tool

  14. UMN Landscape Arboretum

  15. Field Guide to Minnesota Wildflowers

  16. Minnesota Native Plant Encyclopedia

ID Apps

  1. iNaturalist A great app for identifying plants, insects, and animals.

  2. Pl@ntNet An app to identify plants and track your observations.

More Useful Resources

  1. Blue Thumb native plants, rain gardens, and shoreline restoration

  2. Mn Department of Transportation (MNDOT) Online Plant Selector

  3. MN State Horticultural Society

  4. Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA)

  5. Minnesota Garden Clubs

  6. Community Gardens in Minnesota-how to start one

  7. Lawns to Legumes Learn about installing a pollinator garden in your yard (includes state grants/funding!)

Other Informational Sites

  1. Poison Plants plants that are toxic to livestock and domestic pets

  2. Food Preservation Information on canning and food preservation basics

  3. National Pesticide Information Center Science-based information about pesticides and pesticide-related topics

  4. Plant Name Pronunciation Guide audio guide to pronouncing botanical plant names

  5. Emerald Ash Borer Identify & locate EAB plus treatment options

  6. Know the Flow county-wide website that focuses on clean water, water conservation, etc.

  7. MN Department of Agriculture Invasive & Noxious Weeds in MN

  8. Northern Trees designed to help guide you through the process of tree selection, and provide a list of possible trees for your project in the northeast United States, hardiness zones 2 - 7.