Resources for Garden & Landscape Design
Title | Available As | Summary | Date | ID | Author |
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Container and Raised-Bed Gardening | Nov 5, 2018 | 426-020 | |||
Jardinería en macetas y camas elevadas (Container and Raised Bed Gardening) | May 11, 2023 | 426-020s (SPES-428P) | |||
Rain Garden Plants | A rain garden is a landscaped area specially designed to collect rainfall and storm-water runoff. The plants and soil in the rain garden clean pollutants from the water as it seeps into the ground and evaporates back into the atmosphere. For a rain garden to work, plants must be selected, installed, and maintained properly. |
Dec 21, 2018 | 426-043 (SPES-57P) | ||
Backyard Wildlife Habitats | Oct 28, 2020 | 426-070 (SPES-247P) | |||
The Effect of Landscape Plants on Perceived Home Value | Nov 5, 2018 | 426-087 | |||
Patriotic Gardens: How to Plant a Red, White and Blue Garden | Jul 9, 2020 | 426-210 (HORT-185) | |||
America's Anniversary Garden: A Statewide Corridor and Entrance Enhancement Program | Jul 9, 2020 | 426-211 (HORT-186P) | |||
Virginia’s Home Garden Vegetable Planting Guide: Recommended Planting Dates and Amounts to Plant | Jan 21, 2020 | 426-331 (SPES-170P) | |||
Guía para cultivar una huerta de hortalizas en Virginia: Fechas de cultivo y cantidades recomendadas para plantar (Virginia’s Home Garden Vegetable Planting Guide: Recommended Planting Dates and Amounts to Plant) | Jan 21, 2020 | 426-331 (SPES-170P) | |||
Intensive Gardening Methods | Nov 5, 2018 | 426-335 | |||
Métodos de huerta intensiva (Intensive Gardening Methods) | El objetivo de la jardinería intensiva es cosechar la mayor cantidad posible de productos en un espacio limitado. Las huertas más tradicionales constan de largas hileras de hortalizas muy separadas entre sí. Gran parte de la superficie de la huerta está ocupada por el espacio entre las hileras. Una huerta intensiva minimiza el espacio desperdiciado. La práctica de la huerta intensiva no es solo para los que tienen un espacio limitado en el jardín; más bien, una huerta intensiva concentra sus esfuerzos de trabajo para crear un entorno ideal para las plantas, lo que brinda mejores rendimientos. |
Aug 1, 2023 | 426-335s (SPES-427P) | ||
Vegetable Gardening in Containers | If you don’t have space for a vegetable garden or if your
present site is too small, consider raising fresh, nutritious,
homegrown vegetables in containers. A window
sill, patio, balcony, or doorstep can provide sufficient
space for a productive container garden. Problems with
soil-borne diseases, nematodes, or poor soil can also be
overcome by switching to container gardening. |
Sep 16, 2020 | 426-336 (SPES-255P) | ||
Minimum Chemical Gardening | Home gardeners often use more pesticides per square foot in their gardens than farmers do in the fields, thinking that if a little is good, more will be better. This is a serious mistake and a serious misuse of pesticides. This publication will take the reader through different ways to manage home gardens using integrated pest management strategies, including using cultural and biological control methods for pests. It provides the reader with proven ways to manage pests responsibly by using the least amount of naturally derived or man-made pesticides possible. |
Jun 12, 2023 | 426-366 (SPES-503P) | ||
Selecting Landscape Plants: Rare and Unusual Trees | There are many tree species that can be successfully
grown in Virginia, but are rarely seen in our landscapes.
Although not ordinarily recommended or readily available,
these trees may be useful to carry out a specific landscape
theme, to substitute for an exotic type which is not locally
adapted, or may be prized for unusual form, flowers, fruits,
bark, or foliage. |
May 19, 2021 | 426-604 (SPES-320P) | ||
Selecting Landscape Plants: Flowering Trees | May 19, 2021 | 426-611 (SPES-321P) | |||
Creating a Water-Wise Landscape | Feb 2, 2021 | 426-713 (HORT-200P) | |||
The Value of Landscaping | Landscaping is an integral part of our culture and plays an essential role in the quality of our environment, affecting our economic well-being and our physical and psychological health. If we are to keep our communities strong and prosperous, we must take responsibility for our environment. |
Sep 23, 2022 | 426-721 (SPES-404) | ||
Small Fruit in the Home Garden | As a general rule, plant selection and production area
in a home garden should be limited to what you can
properly care for. It is better to have a small, welltended
planting area rather than a large, neglected
one. Small fruits offer certain advantages over fruit
trees for home culture because small fruits require
less space for the amount of fruit produced, and they
bear fruit one or two years after planting. Success with
small-fruit planting will depend on the attention given
to all phases of production, including crop and variety
selection, site selection, soil management, fertilization,
pruning, and pest management. |
May 5, 2022 | 426-840 (SPES-399P) | ||
How to Plan for and Plant Streamside Conservation Buffers with Native Fruit and Nut Trees and Woody Floral Shrubs | Aug 30, 2018 | ANR-69P (CNRE-27P) | |||
ENERGY SERIES: What about Landscaping and Energy Efficiency? | The design and management of a landscape can have a notable impact on household energy consumption. Throughout the history of civilization, people have altered their dwellings and landscapes to make them more comfortable and energy efficient. |
Jul 1, 2020 | BSE-145NP(BSE-334NP) | ||
Woodland Health Practices Handbook | Dec 13, 2022 | CNRE-109NP | |||
Woodland Health Practices - A Field Guide | May 26, 2023 | CNRE-164NP | |||
Economic Pests of Turfgrass | Dec 16, 2022 | ENTO-237NP | |||
Organic vs. Conventional (Synthetic) Pesticides: Advantages and Disadvantages | Jun 24, 2020 | ENTO-384NP | |||
Food Safety For School and Community Gardens: A Handbook for Beginning and Veteran Garden Organizers | Creating and maintaining community and school gardens has been identified as an effective strategy to increase healthy food awareness and consumption. Unfortunately, fresh fruits and vegetables have been linked to more than 450 outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. since 1990. In commercial food production, employing a set of risk-reduction steps — known as good agricultural practices (GAPs) — has been pointed to by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the best prevention against foodborne, illness-causing pathogens. |
May 29, 2013 | FST-60P (FST-296) | ||
Vertical Gardening Using Trellises, Stakes, and Cages | Dec 12, 2022 | HORT-189NP (SPES-450NP) | |||
Care Sheet for Sabal minor or “Dwarf Palmetto” in Virginia Landscapes | May 29, 2019 | HORT-60NP (SPES-137NP) | |||
Therapeutic Gardening | Dec 12, 2022 | HORT-66NP (SPES-432NP) | |||
Selecting Plants for Virginia Landscapes: Showy Flowering Shrubs | This publication features small, medium, and large
flowering shrubs (five of each category) with photos.
All photos are by the author. There are at least eight
shrubs from each category noted in a table (without
photos) at the end of this publication. All shrubs —
featured or in the table — are landscape worthy and
are especially suited to landscapes in Virginia and the
Mid-Atlantic States. |
Jul 30, 2020 | HORT-84P | ||
Kitchen Garden Presentation by Henrico Master Gardeners | Jul 14, 2020 | SPES-225NP | |||
How To Plant A Tree | Jul 14, 2020 | SPES-226NP | |||
Container Production of Herbaceous Peonies: Information for Greenhouse and Nursery Operators | Oct 26, 2022 | SPES-388P | |||
Comparison of Raised Bed Methods, Materials, and Costs | Sep 29, 2022 | SPES-425NP | |||
Virginia Cooperative Extension Gardener Handbook | Jun 8, 2023 | SPES-504NP |