~ Early Web Links ~

The Aquatic Gardeners Association (AGA) is a membership-based organization dedicated to the art and hobby of aquatic gardening, planted aquariums, and aquascaping. Visitors can access the international aquascaping contest archives, a quarterly journal called The Aquatic Gardener, convention information, and community resources for planted tank enthusiasts.

Rob's Plants chronicles the gardening journey of a plant enthusiast who transformed bare suburban lots in both Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley and suburban Houston into richly landscaped gardens. The site features detailed plant portraits, seed-starting information, wildlife observations, winter temperature data, and even a downloadable Excel seed-tracking tool.

Harriet's personal homepage centers on her beloved garden, featuring photos of shade gardens, water gardens, a backyard pond, and the birds that visit them across multiple dedicated pages. Family life, camping, fishing at Kentucky Lake, and milestone celebrations like a golden anniversary round out this warm slice of early 2000s web life from Paducah, Kentucky.

Alan Turner built a detailed Excel spreadsheet cataloging over 1200 varieties of heaths and heathers, tracking bloom colors by month, hardiness zones, and plant heights. It's a practical gardening tool for planning seasonal color combinations, and even earned praise from the chief programmer at eBay and a public radio garden show host.

Skippy's Vegetable Garden is a long-running blog journal by a Boston-area gardener documenting their organic vegetable growing, fruit trees, berry bushes, backyard chickens, and beekeeping. Named after the creator's first dog, the blog spans from 2006 onward with hundreds of posts covering planting schedules, seasonal harvests, and sustainable growing methods.

Moosey's Country Garden is a richly detailed personal gardening site chronicling the plants, garden areas, and seasonal journals of a New Zealand country garden. Visitors can explore named garden sections like the Wattle Woods and Island Border, browse plant guides for roses, camellias, and rhododendrons, and follow along with the creator's ongoing gardening adventures.

Colin's Garden is a photo tour through a personal Ontario garden, guiding visitors through arbors, perennial beds, gazebos, and seasonal plantings across multiple years of growth. Packed with practical tips, plant lists for tricky conditions like black walnut toxicity, and site reviews, it's a charming early-web horticultural resource built with real passion.

The Pottawatomie Garden Club has been beautifying St. Charles, Illinois since 1928, planting flowers on bridges and public spaces, honoring members with memorial trees, and awarding scholarships to horticulture students. With over 100 members, this civic-minded club hosts regular meetings, a Garden Walk, and community beautification programs throughout the growing season.

Harriet Squier and Yon deVries share their mid-Michigan flower garden, showcasing dahlias, peonies, lilies, and roses grown in both sunny and shady borders and raised beds. Visitors can browse photos organized by flower type and pick up gardening ideas aimed at minimizing work while staying environmentally friendly.

Daphne's Dandelions is a long-running vegetable gardening blog by Daphne Gould, chronicling her harvests, soil experiments, and growing adventures across many seasons. The blog is packed with practical observations like mycorrhizae amendment trials, sweet potato yield comparisons, and participation in the popular Harvest Monday community link-up.