Regional Garden Gurus

Years ago, I wrote a column about gardening in the maritime NW for a large, multi-topic web site.  At the time, little was being said about our climate in many of the gardening resource books, and online most web sites were a collection of links to other sites with very limited information. Back then, the search engines were cumbersome and sometimes frightening. Trying to wade through tens of thousands of web pages to find what was needed, was daunting. All this was the inspiration needed to create a content-rich web site--Rainy Side Gardeners--which is coming up on its 10-year anniversary in April 2008.

Just recently, I was invited to join an internet group called Regional Garden Gurus.  Our web site, Rainy Side Gardeners, fit the criteria for being a site that functions to help each other garden better in the Pacific Northwest region.  I feel honored that RSG was considered part of this remarkable group of regional gardeners.

Susan Harris of Sustainable Gardening and the blog, Garden Rant, headed up this fantastic project, which echoes what I’ve felt since the mid ‘90s.  One web site can’t have the “be all, end all” say on all things gardening. Even gurus feel they are not the “end all, be all” expert for their region; included on the guru site are links to other web sites and blogs that have specific information for their region.  More gurus will be joining the team as we become aware of their content rich web sites that are dedicated to a region.

“Regional gurus cover gardening for their region - with articles, videos and podcasts on their own site, links to other great sources, or a combination thereof. All gurus are committed to providing high-quality, environmentally responsible online gardening information for their regions.  Beyond that, there's been no attempt to reach agreement on the details of gardening.  In other words, gurus speak for themselves, not for the group.”

For information about any region or guru, contact him or her directly.  For information about Regional Garden Gurus, email Susan.

Comments

[JeanneK]

Congratulations! It is very well deserved. Rainyside Gardeners website is a terrific resource for gardening in the PNW and for PNW natives.