Home Improvement & Repair

• Bob Vila's Home Site -- Online companion to the home renovation and repair show.

• DoItYourself.com -- Hundreds of articles with links to other web sites.

• Home Improvement Encyclopedia -- Sections on home improvement basics, house structure, decks, plumbing, electrical and phone, yard structures, landscape, tool directory and project calculators.

• Hometime -- The online companion to the PBS show.

• This Old House On-Line -- Includes sections on repair and maintenance, electrical and lighting, plumbing, and heating and cooling among others. Use their home improvement calculators to estimate your material needs.

Gardening

• All-America Rose Selections -- Look here for tips on choosing, planting, caring for, and landscaping with roses.

• GardenWeb -- An extensive index of seed and garden companies with contact information; information on design, equipment, products, books, gardening shows & events, and gardens to visit when traveling.

• http://www.arborday.org/|National Arbor Day Foundation] -- Celebrate arbor day and help the environment with information on planting and caring for trees.

• The Plants Database – From the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

• WebGarden -- Offers a wealth of gardening information for beginners through professionals including a plant dictionary and horticulture factsheets.

Public Gardens

• Lilac Festival -- Keep up to date on the festival’s schedule of events, vendors, entertainment, and of course, the fabulous flowers!

• New York Botanical Garden -- Tour the gardens of this National Historic Landmark and much more.

• Sonnenberg Gardens -- Take a general tour of the gardens or a graphically intensive tour with interactive panoramic photographs.