Online Gardening Information Shortgrass Libraries purchase access to several online (electronic) services that offer gardening information. With a Shortgrass Library card and PIN, you may access this online information 24/7 from an Internet connection. Visit www.shortgrass.ca and select “Search Online Resources” to find these reference materials.
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Shortgrass Member Libraries Alcoma Community Library (Rainier) Located in the Alcoma School Telephone: 403-362-3741
Bassano Memorial Library Telephone: 403-641-4065
Bow Island Municipal Library Telephone: 403-545-2828
Along with content intended for an academic audience, you’ll find articles from Mother Earth News in full text PDF format.
Brooks Public Library
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center
Telephone: 403-378-4369
Under the Home & Leisure category there is a link to articles about gardening. Watch a video tour at: http://bit.ly/gIMdr9
Foremost Municipal Library
Home Improvement Reference Center
Located in the Ralston Community Center Telephone: 403-544-3670
Gardening information, including articles about Container Planting and Raised Gardens, is available under the Outdoor project list.
Resourceful by Nature
Telephone: 403-362-2947
Duchess & District Public Library
Telephone: 403-867-3855
Graham Community Library (Ralston)
Medicine Hat Public Library Telephone: 403-502-8525
Redcliff Public Library
Recommended Websites
Telephone: 403-548-3335
www.calhort.org
Rolling Hills Public Library
The Calgary Horticultural Society website provides fact sheets and links to lists of plants considered harmful to the environment.
Rosemary Community Library
www.gardenforever.com A website that compiles gardening information for people of all ages and abilities.
Located in Rolling Hills School Telephone: 403-964-2186 (Library)
Located in Rosemary School Telephone: 403-378-4493
Tilley Public Library Located in Tilley School Telephone: 403-377-2233
Revised: March 14, 2012 — AMC
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Magazines about Gardening
DVDs about Gardening
A Few Books about Gardening
Shortgrass Libraries subscribe to more than 18 individual magazines about, or related to, gardening, and all of them are available for you to borrow. Here are just a few of the magazines that Shortgrass Libraries have in their collections.
73 Skills to Create Your Dream Garden
Burpee The Complete Flower Gardener
This DVD, hosted by Gord Nickel, contains 73 separate videos that let you zero in on the information you need and then get out and do it. Brooks Public Library DVD, 635.0971 SEV
Alberta Gardener
A Comprehensive Guide to Going Green
This full-colour guide shows you how to plan, plant and maintain a beautiful flower garden. It offers guidance on creating borders and beds, combining flower colours and shapes, selecting gardening tools and much more. 635.9 CUT
This guide to gardening in Alberta is about the plants available here, plus how to grow and use them in your garden.
Included in this 2 DVD set are tips on natural lawn and garden care. Medicine Hat Public Library DVD, 333.72 COM
Canadian Gardening
Canadian Gardener with David Tarrant
With information about vegetable, flower, and container gardening, this is a great read for Canadian gardeners.
Renowned gardener and horticulturalist David Tarrant inspires people of all ages and abilities to roll up their sleeves and cultivate their own love of gardening. Medicine Hat Public Library DVD, 635.0971 CAN
Gardener for the Prairies Focused on prairies gardening, it features articles about fruits and vegetables, water gardening, trees and shrubs, and diseases.
Organic Gardening This magazine has been offering advice and information about organic gardening for more than 67 years.
Taunton’s Fine Gardening This magazine is full of design ideas, helpful techniques and the know-how to get great results from your own garden. Each issue includes articles on the basics of garden design, information on all types of plants, time saving tips, and tool reviews from editors and readers alike.
Landscaping This DVD takes you through the most popular and manageable projects you can undertake to improve the appearance of your yard and value of your home. Medicine Hat Public Library DVD, 635 LAN
Lawncare University: Sixteen Lessons for a Perfect Lawn by the Experts Provides training on topics such as spring cleanup, mowing, weed and pest control, fertilizing, and watering; this DVD will help you have a healthy and good looking lawn. Brooks Public Library DVD, 635.9647 LAW
Remember! You can borrow books, magazines, DVDs, and more from other Shortgrass Libraries. If it’s on the shelf at another member library, you can have it in about a week!
Garden Bugs of Alberta Kenneth McNichol Fry helps you understand that many common bugs found in your garden are essential predators necessary to keep plantattacking insects under control. 635.049712 FRY
Garden Wisdom & Know-How In this practical guide, loaded with photos, Judy Pray offers tips and techniques for planting and maintaining a garden. This includes designing by bloom season. 635 GAR
Grow Great Grub Urban gardening expert, Gayla Trail, provides this essential and encouraging guide for gardeners who want to grow their own food. 635.0484 TRA
New Annuals for Canada Rob Sproule, of Salisbury Greenhouses, offers easy to use ‘recipes’ for colour combinations suitable for beds, borders and containers in all locations. 635.9312 SPR Small-Plot, High-Yield Gardening Sal Gilbertie has updated this classic guide to growing bumper crops of vegetables in limited spaces for eco-conscious home gardeners. 635 GIL