Garden Resources
To help you out in your urban gardening endeavors, here are a few resources that we think will be helpful:
- Long Beach Water Department Lawn-to-Garden Program
- California Native Plant Society - South Coast Chapter
- Calscape
- Calflora
- Tree of Life Native Plant Planning Tools (PDFs)
- Long Beach Organic (Community Gardens)
- Growing Power, Inc. (Sustainable food production in urban areas)
- City Farmer (News about urban gardening)
- Earthbox
- Long Beach Grows
- Farmers markets in Long Beach Community gardens
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Do It Yourself Container Gardening:
- How to create your own EarthBox
- Planting in a shoe organizer
- Garden in a fabric sack
- Re-using soda bottles
- Starting your own seeds
- Organic sprays for pests