POW Number: 5.K

POW Title: Consumer Horticulture

Available Educational Resources:

4-H Horticulture Project Materials (see the Family Guide to 4H Publications)

Horticulture Judging and Identification, Unit 1 Meet the Plants; Unit 2 Vegetable gardening, Landscape gardening and Indoor gardening; Unit 3 Tree and Shrub project, Perennials, Herbs, Annual Flowers

Green Power in Pennsylvania and Beyond: Current Status of the Green Industry and its Potential for the Future, Dennis Wolnick, 1995

1993-1997 Professional Landscape, Lawn and Tree Care Services, American Nursery Landscape Association at http://www.anla.org/industryinfo/

HortTechnology Journal, April-June, 1995, Horticulture: Meeting the Needs of Special Populations, Virginia polytechnics, Diane Relf and Shery Dorn

The Economic Importance of Greenhouse and Nursery Products and Landscape and Horticultural Service in PA, Martin Shields, Dept. of Ag. Ec.at Penn State University

Gardening With the Elderly, HYG-1642-94 Ohio State University

Wildlife and Agricultural Pesticide Use: A Review for Natural Resource Managers, North Carolina Coop. Ext.

PA Wildlife No. 1, Wildlife-Habitat Relationships, Penn State University

PA Wildlife No. 5, Meadows and Prairies: Wildlife-Friendly Alternatives to Lawn, Penn State University

PA Wildlife No. 6, Attracting Hummingbirds, Penn State University

Diverse Issues newsletter, Peen State Coop . Extension

AGRS-23, Landscaping the Home Grounds

AGRS-25, Woody Ornamental Insect, Mite and Disease Management

AGRS-56, Street Tree Factsheets

AGRS-66, Herbs for the Home Gardener

UJ22 series, Fact sheets on Vegetable Culture and Varieties for the Home Gardener:

Penn State Master Gardener manual

The Penn State Master Gardener Coordinator's Manual

AGIM-207, Landscape Design, Student Manual

NRAES-07, Home Storage of Fruits and Vegetables

NRAES-43, Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream

American Horticulture Society Resource Bulletin on Butterfly Gardens and Gardening

EPA Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety

Friends of the garden Horticulture Trial Garden newsletter

1998 Penn State Flower and Vegetable Trial Review

Creating Healthy Landscapes IPM Fact Sheet Series

The Southeast Pennsylvania IPM Research Group

BirdNotes, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Creating a Garden for Birds

Topics in Horticulture Therapy (Hort 780), Dept. of Horticulture, Kansas State University

The IPM Practitioner, Bio-Integral Resource Center, Berkeley, CA

Native Plants in the Creation of Backyard, Schoolyard and Park Habitat Areas, Audubon Council of PA

Pest Resistant Ornamental Plants, Deborah C. Smith-Fiola, Rutgers.

Insects that Feed on Trees & Shrubs, Johnson & Lyon, Cornell.

Diseases of Trees & Shrubs, Johnson & Lyon, Cornell

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, Michael Dirr

Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants, Dr. Steven Still

Buckeye Yard & Garden Line, Ohio State

Garden Notes, Allegheny County Cooperative Ext.

Taylor's Guides.....to Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, etc. for cultural info


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