Gardening Resources
Feel free to download any of these articles for advice on gardening and inspiration for your home garden!
Indoor Gardening (Tropicals, Houseplants, Seed Starting) Bonsai Lessons Propagating African Violets Repotting Houseplants Growing Poinsettias and Amaryllis Starting Seeds Growing Your Own from Seeds, Part II Growing Your Own from Seeds, Part III Forcing Branches
Outdoor Gardening (By Season) • Winter Bidding Fond Farewell to the Gardening Season Plants with Winter Interest Winter Worries December Tool Cleanup Hellabores to the Rescue of Winter Blues Winter Landscape • Spring First Flowers of Spring Spring Garden Tips Early Spring Flowers at the Zoo & Gardens Start Your Veggies Lawn Diseases and How to Treat Them • Summer End of Summer Gardening Tips Facts and Advice on Turf Survival During Drought Some Like It Hot! How to Bring Butterflies to Your Garden Sassy Succulents Growing Edible Plants & Flowers in Your Landscape • Fall Autumn Gardening Planting Bulbs in November Reaping the Harvest The Seasonal Salad Advantage
General Gardening Information Compost — The Gardener's Black Gold Earth Friendly Gardening Xeriscaping for Indiana Gardening for the Future A Garden for Wildlife What's All the Fuss About Native Plants? Salt Tolerant Plants Bring the Butterflies to You Plants Versus Pollution Going Local Recycling Pots Drought Tolerant Grasses Cold Hardy Cacti and Succulents Garden Treasures Butterfly Activities and Web Sites for Children Answers to Your Gardening Questions Web Gardening Gardening Tips Q&A Keeping Rabbits and Voles at Bay Is My Soil Too Wet? The Language of Love Spoken With Flowers Tulip Mania Colors of the Garden Gardening Resources on the Web If I Were a Plant Top Ten List for Lawn Care Maintenance And The Award Goes To ... You! Do Not Spray or Mow!
What's Growing On: Articles About the Zoo and White River Gardens The Effects of the Drought 2010 Creating an Ancient Orchid Habitat If We Eat It, Plant It (Browse for the Zoo) Special Report from a Horticulture Intern Grandma's Garden Installing Butterfly Kaleidoscope This Butterfly's For You Landscaping for Lemurs
Special Exhibits and Handouts As part of the educational programming for each of the shows inside the Hilbert Conservatory, the experts at the Gardens have prepared some handy handouts with information on topics ranging from caring for your holiday poinsettias to attracting butterflies to your backyard. Check out what’s available and print out what interests you!