VERY GOOD LINKS
I dug this big-linked chain out of the bowels of the old barn foundation while developing the framework for a hosta and shade garden on Peacham Pond Road. There were two other smaller sections that had rusted apart over the couple hundred years they layed there. It took heavy chains and well guided men and animals to move the granite blocks to make that foundation. Granite is heavy, weighing 165-190 pounds per cubic foot, so good tools and smart minds were always in order.
These links represent links to the world through the Internet. Like the strength of steel, Internet sites make us better gardeners. Miles to go, places to see, people to meet.
George Africa, The Vermont Gardener, January 2009
PLANT ORGANIZATIONS
American Conifer Society: http://www.conifersociety.org
American Hemerocallis Society: http://www.daylilies.org
American Hosta Society: http://www.americanhostasociety.org
American Iris Society: http://www.irises.org
American Peony Society: http://www.americanpeonysociety.org
American Primrose Society: http://www.americanprimrosesociety.org
North American Lily Society: http://www.lilies.org
North American Rock Garden Society: http://www.nargs.org
DAYLILY SITES
American Hemerocallis Society Region 4: http://www.ahsregion4.org
Charlotte's Daylily Diary: http://www.abacom.com/chacha/garden.htm
Daylily Exchange: http://www.daylily.com
Daylily Meadows, Pinnacle, NC: http://www.daylilymeadows.com
Forestlake Gardens: http://forestlakedaylilyseeds.com
New England Daylily Society: http://www.nedaylily.org
Tinkers Gardens: http://www.tinkersgardens.com
Tom's Daylilies: http://www.tomsdaylilies.com
HOSTA SITES
Hosta Library: The single best on-line hosta resource in the universe! Extensive photo library, hosta links, cultural info, information on viruses, lists of growers: http://www.hostalibrary.org
LILIUM SITES
The Lily Garden: http://www.thelilygarden.com
The Lily Gallery by Gerry Dannen: http://lily-gallery.com
Pacific Northwest Lily Society: http://www.pnwls.org
The North Americal Lily Society: http://www.lilies.org
SUPER SITES
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
VERMONT HORTICULTURAL SITES
Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association:http://www.greenworksvt.org
Friends of the Hort Farm: http://www.friendsofthehortfarm.org
FUN VERMONT PLACES TO VISIT
Artisans Hand, Montpelier: http://www.artisanshand.com
Barre Granite Quarries: http://www.barregranite.org
Bragg Farm: http://www.braggfarm.com
Country Bookshop, Plainfield: http://www.thecountrybookshop.com
ECHO: Lake Aquarium and Science Center: http://www.echovermont.org
Fairbanks Mueum & Planitarium: http://www.fairbanksmuseum.org
Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center: http://www.froghollow.org
Gardens at Hildene, Manchester: http://www.hildene.org
Green Mountain Audubon Society: http://www.greenmountainaudubon.org
King Arthur Flour Company: http://www.kingarthurflour.com
Maple Grove Farms: http://www.maplegrove.com
Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich: http://montshire.org
Morse Farm Sugar Works: http://www.morsefarm.com
Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum: http://www.stjathenaeum.org
Shelburne Farms: http://www.shelburnefarms.org
Shelburne Museum: http://www.shelburnemuseum.org
Stephen Huneck Gallery: http://www.dogmt.com
The Great Corn Maze: http://www.vermontcornmaze.com
Vermont Historical Society: http://www.vermonthistory.org
Wood Art Gallery: http://www.twwoodgallery.org
PLACES TO STAY