Resources for Home Gardeners
2003 HORTICULTURAL RESOURCES IN MASSACHUSETTS
University of Massachusetts Extension Agroecology Program
http://www.umass.edu/agland
The following information is provided to garden retailers to help answer
home gardening questions from customers. These resources are available
to home gardeners in Massachusetts.
Master Gardener Garden Hotlines
(Staffed by volunteers)
Western Mass. Master Gardener Association
The Berkshires, Stockbridge, MA
(413) 298-5355
Phone consultations from May 1 - October 1
Mon./Thur. 9am-12 pm
http://www.wmassmastergardeners.org/
Email:question@wmassmastergardeners.org
Pioneer Valley Horticultural Society
Garden Help Line, Springfield, MA
(413) 734-2655
year round, answering machine 24 hrs/day
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Dover, MA
(617) 933-4929
Phone consultations from May - Sept.
Mon./Wed./Fri./Sat. 10am-2pm
http://www.masshort.org/
Email: Hort Line@masshort.org
University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Gardening and Food
Safety Hotline
(401) 874-2900 (outside Rhode Island)
year round, Mon.- Thur. 9am-2pm
http://www.uri.edu/ce/ceec
Botanic Gardens
Arnold Arboretum
Plant Information Line, Jamaica Plain, MA
Trees & Shrubs only
(617) 524-1718 x 127
Phone consultations year round, Mon. 1pm-3pm
http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Hort Line, Boylston, MA
Worcester County Horticultural Society
(508) 869-6111 x10
Phone consultations year round, Wed. 2pm-4pm
(Walk-ins are accepted during hot line hours; however, admission will
be charged)
http://www.towerhillbg.org/
Pesticide Information
National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
(800) 858-7378
Sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency & Oregon State University.
Offers impartial information about pesticides and health related concerns.
http://npic.orst.edu
Poisonings
Regional Poison Center, Boston, MA
(617) 232-2120
Conservation and Wildlife
Mass. Audubon
Mass. Audubon Wildlife Information Line
(781) 259-2151
Phone consultations year round, Mon.-Fri. 9am-5pm
http://www.massaudubon.org/
Web sites from Universities in New England that
offer home horticulture information
The Univ. of Connecticut Home and Garden Education Center
http://www.canr.uconn.edu/garden/
The Univ. of Vermont Extension Master Gardener Web site
http://www.uvm.edu/mastergardener
The Univ. of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Education Center
http://www.uri.edu/ce/ceec
Univ. of New Hampshire Family, Home & Garden Education Center
http://www.ceinfo.unh.edu/FHGEC/FHGEC.htm
Other useful home horticulture web sites
Mass. Dept. of Food and Agriculture
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/massgrown
(For listings of farmers markets, pick-your-own farms and other agricultural
marketing information.)
Massachusetts Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
http://www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/
Ohio State University PlantFacts
http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/
Univ. of Maryland Home and Garden Information Center
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/hgic/
Univ. of Minnesota Yard & Garden Line
http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden
The Education Center of the American Phytopathological Society
http://www.apsnet.org/education/
(For illustrated lessons and information on plant diseases.)
United State Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
http://www.usda.gov/news/garden.htm
Distributed by University of Massachusetts Extension Agroecology Program
http://www.umass.edu/agland
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