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For more information, please go to the Home and Auto Insurance page on the Garden Ontario website.

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Call either 1-844-871-7346 or 1-800-387-1963 today for a Home or Auto insurance quote. Please let them know that you are a member of the OHA.

Important Information:

• Jumping Worms

• Box Tree Moths

• Minister's Order for Avian Influenza

Garden Resources:

• Canadian Coalition for Invasive Plant Regulation

• Connon Nurseries

• Garden Ontario - Visit 277 horticultural societies and gardening clubs in Ontario from the Ontario Horticultural Association.

• Halton Master Gardeners

• Ontario Gardening - Gardening, gardening tips, gardening articles, pick your own farms, gardening directory and gardening discussion forum.

• Ontario Trillium Foundation

• Red's Garden Centre 12771 Highway 25, Acton - 519-853-2480

• ReviewLab has an in-depth guide called the "Ultimate Guide to Gardening Resources

• Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) - Ontario's premier botanical garden and one of Canada's finest. This site gives you all the information you need for a successful visit either in person, or virtually. It's an extensive site with educational activities, gardening information and science and conservation sites.

• University of Guelph Arboretum - You can visit the Arboretum at the University of Guelph for a tour or a walk or catch the annual plant sale. The Arboretum provides environmental education activities and develops and maintains plant collections.

Plant Databases:

• Backyard Gardener

• Garden Away

• Northland Nursery

• Plants for a Future

Plant Associations

• African Violet Society of Canada - Provides links to FAQs, indexed articles from the African Violet Magazine, photographs, events and an extensive list of affiliated clubs worldwide - including Canada.

• Canadian Iris Society - A harbinger of spring! Check out regional iris societies and a list of current events and articles.

• Hamilton Burlington Rose Society - A non-profit organization, this site features growing information, coming events and links to worldwide rose societies and sites.

• Canadian Chrysanthemums and Dahlia Society

• Hamilton and District Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society - This local society is a member of the American Dahlia Society and as such has hosted several district and national show competitions, with growers coming from all parts of Eastern Canada and the Northern United States.

• North American Native Plant Society

• Ontario Daylily Society - Provides a list of Canadian daylily growers, calendar of events and seed sources.

• Ontario Hosta Society

• Ontario Regional Lily SocietyThe ORLS Our Society is made up of members from many areas of Ontario, as well as from other provinces and from the United States. The group exists to encourage the cultivation, knowledge and enjoyment of lilies. With membership of over 100, our members range in their knowledge and experience from those who are just starting to grow a few lilies to those who grow many and have years of experience. Our Society is interested in educating gardeners in the growing of lilies.

• Ontario Rock Garden & Hardy Plant Society

• Southern Ontario Orchid Society - Orchids are easier than you think. Includes a calendar of events, links and a newsletter.

Native Plant Stores and Lists in Ontario

Canadian Wildlife Federation
Has an extensive list of nurseries that sell native plants, perennials, bushes and shrubs, trees and grasses-across Canada.

The David Suzuki Foundation has information on locating native seeds and plants across Canada.

There is information on seed swaps, libraries and how to become a Seed Sitter.

Native Plant Encyclopedia is a plant look up for descriptions and hardiness.

A Cultivated Art2
63 Deschamps Ave., Ottawa

AlterEden
Alter Eden Gillian Leitch
31 Mount Pleasant Ave., London

Beagle Run Nursery
1590 Bruce Road 17, Port Elgin


Bee Kissed Seeds

Bee Sweet Nature Co.
4182 Sideroad 20 South, Puslinch


Diggin It Smith Falls

Dropseed PEC Native Plant Nursery
Prince Edward County


Earth Revival Southern Georgian Bay
15 George Ave., Wasaga Beach

Earthgen.ca
85766 Canborough Road, Wainfleet
905-701-7025

Ferguson Tree Nursery
Kemptville

Fiddlehead Nursery
235599 Grey County Rd 13, Kimberley

First Nature Nursery
Lynden

For Faraz
936587 Airport Rd., Mulmur

General Seed Company
648 Alberton Road South, Alberton

Golden Alexanders Native Plant Nursery
2200 Churchill Line Sarnia


Green Side Up
121 Grassy Road Omemee, Ontario K0L 2W0


Green UP Ecology Park Native Plant Nursery
389 Aylmer St. North, Peterborough

Grow Wild
3784 Highway #7, Omeemee

Heavenly Earth Tree & Shrub Nursery
29816 Zone Road 4, R.R. 3, Bothwell

Heeman's
20422 Nissouri Rd. Thorndale

Hidden Habitat
2017 Southwood Rd. Kilworthy

Hortico Nurseries Inc.
422 Concession 5 Rd E, Waterdown

In Our Nature

Kayanase
993 Hwy #54 Brant County

Lacewing Sideroad Farm Store
805092 Sideroad 25, Markdale

Little Otter Tree Farm
203924 Keswick Rd. RR#3, Tillsonburg


Native Plant Nurseries


Native Plant Source
1120 Wurster Pl, Breslau


Native Plants in Claremont
4965 Westney Rd., Pickering/Claremont


Native Trees and Plants Amherstberg


Natural Themes
P.O. Box 738, 219 Maybee Rd., Frankford


Northern Wildflowers
Whitefish

Northland Nursery
Waterdown

Norton Naturals

Not So Hollow Farm
838369 4th Line East, Mulmur

Nursery for the Earth

Ontario Native Plants


Ontario Flora
585538 Sideroad 10a, RR2, Markdale

Orange Dog Native Plants
Forestville, ON

Origin Native Plants
(former Grand Moraine Growers)
5420 Hwy 6, Guelph

Pineneedle Farms
Ponytail

Pollin' Garden
S10780 Concession 3, Zephyr


Prairie Song Nursery & Restoration
961 West Quarterline Rd, Walsingham

Rockwood Forest Nurseries
437 Mark Rd, Cameron

Rooted By the Bluffs
Georgian Bluffs

Rosemont Meadows Native Plants
Lakefield/Peterboroug


Sassafras Farms
270 Humberstone Rd, Welland


Seedbox Wild Plant Studio
361 1st Concession Rd., Port Rowan
67 Jacobson Ave., St. Catharines


Solidago Farms
Box 96 1200 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa

Somerville Seedlings

South Coast Gardens
St. Williams

Swallowtail Native Plants
Uxbridge, Ontario


Thedford Native Plants
7705 Kennedy Line, Thedford


Tin Roof Rusted Farm & Plant Nursery
9567 Concession 4 N, Mount Forest


Toronto Plant Market & Native Plant Supply
327 Bering Ave, Downtown Toronto, ON

Trees of Antiquity

Wild Flower Farm

Wildlife Gardening
414943 41st Line Ingersol

Windover Nurseries
3662 Petrolia Line, Petrolia

Sustainable Gardening

• Basics of Organic Fertilizers - How the many aspects of organic fertilizers can help improve your soil and all plants.

• Canadian Organic Growers - The National Information Network for Organic Farmers, Gardeners and Consumers. Provides news/events, COG magazine and publications and a library.

• Sustainable Gardening Tips - Here you will find ideas that you can use in your own environment - regardless of where you live and how much land you have available. These principles apply for large gardens right through to small verandas.

Biodiversity & Native Plants:

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - This special place exists to introduce people to the beauty and diversity of wildflowers and other native plants. The Explore Plants section offers a Native Plant Database and Image Center.

• Seeds of Diversity - Canada's heritage seed program.

Miscellaneous

• Backyard Gardener - A wealth of information on the different gardens and types of plants to grow in them, with designs and plans too. A gardening reference site and hands-on garden information.

• Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System - This site presents data on plants that may cause poisoning in livestock, pets, and humans. The plants include native, introduced, and cultivated outdoor plants as well as indoor plants that are found in Canada. It provides an interactive search.

• Canning Perennials

• Garden Guides - An online gardening community of bloggers that offers extensive information on pests, plants, gardening tips,seeds and bulbs and more.

• GardenWeb - A compendium of resources for gardeners, including forums on a range of topics. Features gardening tips, a subject directory, a plant exchange and more.

• iCanGarden - A Canadian gardening site with information on a variety of gardening topics including catalogues, seed companies, radio and TV shows, chatlines and links. It also provides and online garden poll and gardeners forum.

• Ontario Weeds

• Perennial Flower Gardening Tips - Gardening tips perennials is about designing, growing and gardening with perennial flowers, written by gardening author Doug Green.

• Proven Winners - Discover widely available perennials and annual plants. It's a valuable resource for all home gardeners and retailers, and sources are both Canadian and American.