Garden Club Webinars

Gardening 101 – Part 1: This webinar covers garden design basics: Identifying desired use of garden space, such as play area, food production, or cut flowers; Using color and texture; Selecting appropriate size plants for light requirements and space sizes; Integrating planting with hardscapes.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FaqMp8uLYusEd24_2g16Dv9GSlo_FLfu/view?usp=sharing

Gardening 101 – Part 2: This webinar focuses on “Planting and Maintaining Your Garden.” Topics covered include soil preparation, essential garden tools, how to plant, watering, mulching, weed and pest control, pruning.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16JNVVkgvrJUh9vn0kRKQclC0apHLYY2T/view

Native Plants

• University of Maryland Extension – Baltimore City Master Gardner Home & Garden Information Center https://extension.umd.edu/
• Maryland Native Plant Society, publications and list of native plants for conservation landscaping www.mdflora.org/publications/natives2plant_lists.html
• Invasive Plants of the Mid-Atlantic Region http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/pubs/midatlantic/
• Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/plants/handbooks/nativealternatives/nativealternatives_weblist.html
• Virginia Invasive Plants species: Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation http://dcr.state.va.us/natural_heritage/invspinfo.shtml
• Virginia Native Plant Society with many native plant lists for conservation landscaping, native plant sales, and related info http://www.vnps.org/

Native Planting for Wildlife and Pollinators

• Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conversation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, Annapolis, MD. Download PDF here
• Audubon Native Plants for Birds in your Region https://www.audubon.org/plantsforbirds
• Gardening for Wildlife with Native Plants https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/gardening-for-wildlife-with-native-plants.htm
• What’s the Buzz: All About Pollinators. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD. https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/habitat/wawhatsthebuzz.aspx
• Pollinator Gardening. DC Health, Government of the District of Columbia. https://doh.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ddoe/service_content/attachments/Web_Pollinator%20Gardening_12_03_2015.pdf

Plant Identification and Search Databases

• USDA Plants database http://plants.usda.gov/
• Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder database: https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderSearch.aspx
• Native Plants database at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center http://www.wildflower.org/plants/

Tree Care

Bluewater Baltimore had provided the following items for our review on tree care.

• Watering: https://bluewaterbaltimore.org/event/summer-tree-watering/2021-07-13/
• Mulching: https://bluewaterbaltimore.org/blog/4-24-2020-mulch-madness/
• Invasive Removal: https://bluewaterbaltimore.org/blog/do-your-part-protect-our-green-spaces-in-baltimore/
• Street Tree Care: https://bluewaterbaltimore.org/blog/the-dos-donts-of-street-tree-care/
• Street Tree Care presentation: https://boltonhillgardenclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Street_Tree_Bed_Care_PDF.pdf

Maryland Garden Club Organizations

• Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland http://www.fgcofmd.org/
• Baltimore City Garden Clubs (District IV) http://www.baltimorecitygardenclubs.org/

Member Recommended Plant Guides and References

• A Guide to Sun Exposure for Gardeners. Solar Power.guide. Bob’s Solar Power Hobby Site. https://solarpower.guide/sun-exposure-gardeners (Recommended by 11-year-old Hailey Jarvis, BHGC’s youngest supporter!)
• Bruce, Hal. How to Grow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden. Alfred A. Knopf. New York, N.Y. 1976.
• Cullina, William.  Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A guide to using, growing, and propagating North American woody plants. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, N.Y. 2002. (Outstanding reference for Native plants!)
• DuPont, Elizabeth.  Landscaping with Native Plants in the Middle-Atlantic Region.  Brandywine Conservancy, Chadds Ford, PA.  2004
• Foote, Leonard E. and Samuel B. Jones.  Gardening with Native Wild Flowers. Timber Press, OR. 1997
• Foote, Leonard E. and Samuel B. Jones. Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast: Landscaping Uses and Identification. Timber Press, Portland, OR. 2001.
• Halllowell, Anne C.  and Barbara G. Hallowell.  Fern Finder: a guide to native ferns of Central and Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.  Nature Study Guild Publishers, Rochester, New York.  2001.
• Sternberg, Guy and Jim Wilson. Native Trees for North American Landscapes. Timber Press, Portland, OR. 2006.
• Stein, Sarah. Noah’s Garden. Houghton Mifflin Co. New York, NY, 1997.
• Tallamy Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens. Timber Press, Inc. Portland, OR, 2007.
• Turnmer, Terry. Roundup Alternatives. Consumernotice.org,