Links
Get Inspired! San Francisco Flower & Garden Show http://www.gardenshow.com/
Links of Local Interest
Santa Margarita Historical Society http://www.santamargaritahistoricalsociety.org
Santa Margarita Community Forestry http://www.smcf.org/
San Luis Obispo Botanic Garden http://www.slobg.org/
California Central Coast Archaeology
http://www.tcsn.net/sloarchaeology/
Point San Luis Lighthouse
http://www.sanluislighthouse.org/
San Luis Obispo County Parks
http://www.slocountyparks.com/
San Luis Obispo County Birds
http://www.calpoly.edu/~mstiles/slobird.html
Tree
Selection and Plant Identification
Ohio
State University gives us Plants of Horticulture, a searchable
database of 3,878 high-quality images and
horticultural descriptions of more than 600 species and cultivars:
Ohio State Plants of Horticulture
Pests and Diseases
Pest
Management and Identification
This database supplies the University of California's official guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticides, and
nonpesticide alternatives for managing pests in homes and landscapes: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.home.html
Biological
Control
This guide provides photographs and descriptions of biological control
(or biocontrol) agents of insect, disease and weed pests in North America. http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/
Ponds/ Koi
Lots of information on koi health, including trouble shooting! http://www.koivet.com/
Organics
Composting
This site provides information on how to compost, how to use finished
compost, the benefits of composting, what to compost, and many other topics related to home composting: htttp://www.mastercomposter.com
Links of Botanical Interest
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden http://www.slobg.org
UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/garden/
UC
Davis Arboretum
http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/
Huntington
Botanical Gardens
http://www.huntington.org./BotanicalDiv/HEHBotanicalHome.html
The Jepson Herbarium http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/active.html
UC Irvine Arboretum http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/arboretum/index.htm
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum http://www2.ucsc.edu/arboretum/
Strybing
Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
http://www.strybing.org/
California Native Plant
Society
http://www.cnps.org/
Wildlife Links
eNature.com
(great on-line field guides)
http://www.eNature.com/
The Backyard Wildlife
Habitat Program
http://www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlife/
Butterflies
and Moths of North America
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org
North American Butterfly Association http://www.naba.org/
National
Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/
Just for fun
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