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Informational Resources for Maryland Gardeners

Planted January 1, 2000
Last tended to on October 19, 2024
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Maryland Frost Dates (Please Check Back)

University of Maryland Extension

Master Gardener Program
Yard & Garden Resources
Planting Dates for Vegetable Crops in MD (PDF) - Provides both spring and fall planting dates.

Recommended Books:

“Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles - Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington D.C.,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. This book equips you with all the information you need to design your edible garden, tend the soil, maintain your plants throughout their life cycles, and–most importantly–harvest the delicious foods they produce. So whether you live in the Delaware Valley, in the Beltway, or anywhere else in the Mid-Atlantic United States, you’ll discover the best fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful step-by-step how-to guide . . . and they’ll be on your table before you know it.
“Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Handbook: Your Complete Guide: Select, Plan, Plant, Maintain, Problem-Solve - Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C.,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. The book includes plant selection – ornamental landscape and edible plants – and “when-to” gardening maintenance information. Planting and growing information for edibles is also included, along with plant selections for the most common plant categories.
“Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times,” by Steve Solomon (founder of the Territorial Seed Company and self-sufficiency advocate, he is currently homesteading in Tasmania). This is a more advanced book for those who are serious about raising food. In this volume, Steve explains why intensive gardening methods are not natural and therefore require great amounts of energy and effort to maintain. A lot of information regarding soil health and cover cropping is included.

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Places to Visit:

Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Garden – Druid Hill Park, Gwynns Fall Parkway and McCulloh Street, Baltimore, MD 21209
Historical Society of Talbot County Gardens – 25 S. Washington St., Easton, MD 21601
Mount Clare Museum House – Carroll Park, 1500 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230
National Colonial Farm – Piscataway Park, 3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, MD 20607
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum Gardens – 110 Rosemont Avenue, Baker Park, Frederick, MD 20701
Sherwood Gardens – 4100 Greenway St., Baltimore, MD 21212
Sotterly Plantation – Route 245, Hollywood, MD 20636
William Paca Garden – 1 Martin Street, Annapolis, MD 21401

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