Resources
Discover our favourite free online tools to equip your own virtual tool shed and plan a garden that’s good for you and for the world around you.
Food Preservation
The National Centre for Home Food Preservation
Access safe, tested recipes and resources for canning, pickling, fermenting, drying, smoking, curing, freezing, and more.
Plant Research
Plant Pronunciation Guide
Fine Gardening provides written and verbal pronunciation guides for hundreds of plants species.
Native Plants
North American Native Plant Society
Browse NANPS’ events, resources, and publications, and use their directory to find a Native Plant Society near you.
Invasive Species
Ontario Invasive Plant Council’s Grow Me Instead guide
Get recommendations about the best alternative plants to grow instead of invasive species in your area.
The Canadian Coalition for Invasive Plant Regulation
Get information about invasive species in different regions of Canada and find out what CCIPR is doing to get better federal regulation of them.
Butterfly Resources
Xerces Society Milkweed Finder
North American Native Plant Society
Hardiness Zones
Canada’s Plant Hardiness Site
Find out what your Canadian plant hardiness zone is. You can also find your “extreme minimum temperature” zone, which aligns with USDA hardiness zones.
United States Department of Agriculture Hardiness Zones
In the United States? Find out what your USDA plant hardiness zone is.
Southern California’s Sunset Zones
Southern California has too many microclimates for the USDA’s zones to be a reliable guide. Sunset zones take more factors into account.
Edible Gardens
Feed Yourself From Your Garden: Beginner Food-Growing Tips from Sixteen Garden-Industry Professionals
Erin asked her colleagues at Garden Communicators International to contribute their best tips for gardeners who want to start growing the food they eat.