Resources
Getting started
u003ca href=u0022https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderSearch.aspxu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopeneru0022 title=u0022Missouri Botanical Garden: Plant Finderu0022u003eMissouri Botanical Garden: Plant Finderu003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://onrockgarden.com/u0022 title=u0022Ontario Rock Garden and Hardy Plant Societyu0022u003eOntario Rock Garden and Hardy Plant Societyu003c/au003e is a great source of webinars, seeds, and germination guidesu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.oscseeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/osc-vegetable-planting-guide-1.pdfu0022 title=u0022OSC Seedsu0022u003eOSC Seedsu003c/au003e Vegetable Planting Guideu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://thelocalcfc.org/u0022 title=u0022u0022u003eThe Local Community Food Centreu003c/au003e: Community Allotments, Urban Farmers, Green Team, and Edible Forest programmingu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://tricountymastergardeners.ca/u0022 title=u0022u0022u003eTri-County Master Gardenersu003c/au003e: Plant and garden advice
Local garden groups
u003ca href=u0022https://www.stratford.ca/inside-city-hall/advisory-committees/communities-in-bloom-committee/u0022 title=u0022Communities in Bloom Stratfordu0022u003eCommunities in Bloom Stratfordu003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.streetsofstratford.ca/shakspearean-gardensu0022 title=u0022Friends of Shakespearean Gardenu0022u003eFriends of Shakespearean Gardenu003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://gardenontario.org/district-listing/entry/228/u0022 title=u0022OHA District 10u0022u003eOHA District 10u003c/au003e – Thames Valleyu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://gardenontario.org/u0022 title=u0022Ontario Horticultural Associationu0022u003eOntario Horticultural Associationu003c/au003e: Our parent organization, the OHA site offers advice, education, events, access to grants and bursaries.
Seed providers
Free Seed Exchanges – Seeds are also available in free seed exchanges through:u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://gardenstratford.ca/activities/seeds/u0022 title=u0022Garden Stratfordu0022u003eGarden Stratfordu003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://splibrary.ca/books-and-more/seedlibraryu0022 title=u0022Stratford Public Libraryu0022u003eStratford Public Libraryu003c/au003e – Seed Libraryu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://thelocalcfc.org/u0022 title=u0022u0022u003eThe Local Community Food Centreu003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://hawthornfarm.ca/u0022 title=u0022Hawthorne Farmu0022u003eHawthorne Farmu003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.heeman.ca/u0022 title=u0022u0022u003eHeeman’su003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.oscseeds.com/u0022 title=u0022u0022u003eOntario Seed Companyu003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.damseeds.com/u0022 title=u0022u0022u003eWilliam Dam Seedsu003c/au003e
Urban gardening
u003ca href=u0022https://www.bloomingboulevards.org/services-7u0022 title=u0022u0022u003eBoulevard Planting Guideu003c/au003e – Blooming Boulevards Mississaugau003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https://cvc.ca/ways-to-green-your-property/u0022 title=u0022u0022u003eGreen your Propertyu003c/au003e Credit Valley Conservationu003cbru003eu003cbru003eStratford City By-laws: u003ca href=u0022https://www.stratford.ca/media/l3cp4dma/fence-and-hedge-by-law-128-2003-aoda.pdfu0022 title=u0022u0022u003eFencing, Trees (PDF)u003c/au003e