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Other Non-Profit Heirloom Seed Organizations:
Seed Saver's Exchange
Seed Sources
Abundant Life Seeds
Amishland Heirloom Seeds
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Garden City Seeds
Irish Eyes, Inc.
Johnny’s Seeds
Nichols Garden Nursery: Herbs & Rare Seeds
Peaceful Valley
Pinetree Garden Seeds
Plants of the Southwest
Redwood City Seed Company
Seed Savers Exchange
Seeds of Change
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Territorial Seed Company
The Heirloom Vegetable Seed Source
Victory Heirloom Seeds
Gardening & Seed Saving Information
Organic Materials Review Institute
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA)
Seedsaving & Seedsaver’s Resources
Heirloom Seed Companies:
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - mid-Atlantic USA
Abundant Life Seeds
The Cucurbit Network
The Heirloom Vegetable Gardener's Assistant
Johnny"s Selected Seed
Marianna"s Heirloom Seeds
New England Wild Flower Society
Plants of the Southwest
Seeds of Change
Seeds of Diversity - a Canadian Seed conservancy
Other Organizations Of Interest:
Arizona Independent Media Center
Arizona Native Plant Society
Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum
Bioneers - Visionary and practical solutions for restoring the earth
Community Food Connections - lists all farmer markets in Arizona by county
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Desert Botanical Garden
Ecology Action
Farming Solutions
Food Conspiracy Food Co-Op
Grassroots.org - Telling the stories of the most innovative US grassroots organizations.
Green People
The Heard Museum
The Idealist
Museum of the Fur Trade - mid-west seed conservation of traditional Native American seeds
The New Farm - Rodale institute
The Plants Database
Rainwater Harvesting
Seedsaving and Seedsavers' Resources - United Kindgom
Slow Food USA
Tohono Chul Park
Tucson Botanical Gardens
SOIL
Composting is an essential part of every gardening plan. The howToCompost.com website offers information on how, what, where and when to compost including composting toilets, vermiculture, and compost tea.
The organic gardener website offers information on mulching and different types of mulch. Have you thought of using a stone mulch?
WATER
Brad Lancaster's books and website enable you to access your on-site resources (rainwater, greywater, topsoil, sun, plants, and more), give you a diverse array of strategies to maximize their potential, and empower you with guiding principles to create an integrated, multi-functional, and water-sustainable water-harvesting landscape plan specific to your site and needs. Brad has tested his methods Tucson, Arizona and makes recommendations for world-wide application. Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond.
he Zuni in New Mexico used sunken beds called waffle gardens for growing high-value crops like tobacco and chili peppers. It’s easy to rebuild these prehistoric gardens today and benefit from their water-retaining capacity.
PLANTING and PLANTS
Desert Harvesters promotes, celebrates, and enhances, local food security and production by encouraging the planting of indigenous, food-bearing shade trees (such as the Velvet mesquite or Prosopis velutina) in water-harvesting earthworks, and then educating the public on how to harvest and process the bounty.
Companion planting is based on the idea that certain plants can benefit others when planted in near proximity. The scientific and traditional bases for these plant associations are discussed on the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service website. A companion planting chart for common herbs, vegetables, and flowers is provided, as is a listing of literature resources for traditional companion planting. An appendix provides history, plant varieties, and planting designs for the Three Sisters, a traditional Native American companion planting practice.planting
The Star School in Flagstaff, Arizona has video lectures on grid gardening, sunken beds, and compost tumblers.
ARID LANDS
The University of Arizona's Office of Arid Lands Studies (AOLS) publishes the Arid Lands Newsletter twice a year.
A broad perspective on Arid Lands Agriculture Techniques, Plants and Animals with a resource list.
EchoTech.
FORUMS and NETWORKS
iVillage Soutwest Gardening is a lively forum where users address each others questions about all aspects of Arizona plants and gardening.
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