Recommended Sites Each link (the underlined text) is recommended by a member of the MGC.  We hope you will find them interesting, helpful, or fun.  If you would like to share a site with us, please Email the address (URL) to us (Email Anne). From any link you visit, use your BACK button to return to this site.

Garden Club of Houston		Monroe Garden Study League
Garden Club of Nashville	Garden Club of Nashville	River Oaks Garden Club

David and Margaret Bamburger, GCA recognized conservationists,  can be "visited" at the ranch site:  www.bamburgerranch.org

New Blog for Gardeners, New with discussions about plants and upcomming events.  Gardening4Dummies

Rich Farm Garden:  "We have an extensive selection of Heirloom vegetables, herbs, flowers and trees - Seeds & Plants. Please check out our web site: www.richfarmgarden.com   We also ship seeds and plants.  See our web site for a complete catalog.   We believe that you will enjoy it. We would also like to request that you consider a link to us on your site.  We would appreciate this. Thank you, Charles Rich,  Rich Farm Garden Supply - Winchester, IN"

River Oaks Garden Club ANNUAL PINK ELEPHANT SALE  Houston's Oldest Rummage Sale! DATES & TIMES LOCATION ADMISSION  October 20-21, 2006 Oct 20 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct 21 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.                       Hornberger Conference Center     2151 West Holcombe   Houston, Texas  This is a new location!!!!

Archives of American Gardens - Feast Your Eyes: The Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardens is a new exhibition which is part of the American Garden Legacy series. Horticulture Services Division of Smithsonian Institute.  Click here to view!

Tyrrell Park (Link down due to Rita)  Perhaps one of the most beautiful parks in Beaumont is Tyrrell Park on the south side of the city. Whether you like to"walk on the wild side," as the Beaumont Parks & Recreation Department describes a walk through Cattail Marsh, a 900-acre constructed wetland that provides a natural habitat for all kinds of birds, animals and fish, or if you prefer to stroll through beautiful flowers, plants and trees, or if you prefer to do your walking while chasing a little, white golf ball, Tyrrell park has it all.

Birding In Our Area  This page is to help a visiting birder find the birds of the Upper Texas Coast (UTC). The UTC is made up of Harris County, Fort Bend County, Brazoria County, Galveston, Chambers County, and Jefferson County.

The Big Thicket Big Thicket was the first Preserve in the National Park System established October 11, 1974, and protects an area of rich biological diversity. MGC 2002 Partners for Plants Project - replanting Texas Trailing Phlox and Firewheel.

Gardening Info  National Gardening - The Name Gardeners Trust for flowers, houseplants, composting, greenhouses, landscaping, gardens, and horticulture.  Extensive resources for gardeners of all levels, including regional reports, Q&A, articles, how-to projects, gardening with kids, events calendar, message boards,....................

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission  (Now called TCEQ - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)  News, information, and the state of Texas's Natural Resources.

National Wildlife Federation  "The U.S. Forest Service needs to hear from you! Implemented in 2001, the Roadless Conservation Rule was designed to protect all of the nation's forests from destructive road building that threatens critical wildlife species and their habitat. Unfortunately, the administration recently proposed plans to exclude two of the nation's largest forests -- the Chugach and Tongass forests in Alaska -- from the rule and have announced intentions to further weaken the rule itself."   &   "Fifty thousand grizzlies once thrived  in pristine wilderness throughout the entire western half of the continental United States south of Canada.  Today, less than 1,200 grizzlies exist  in the wild in the lower 48 states."