FREE Urban Gardening Info

I am a novice gardener and have found a love and appreciation for vegetables and herbs that I can grow myself.  However, I don't really know what I'm doing.  LOL.  Below are just two sources of gardening information that beginners (and not so beginners) may find useful.  The below has general info and NYC specific info (which I've had more difficult to finding).  Hope it is helpful to you.


The New York Botanical Garden is a wealth of knowledge.

Frequently Asked (Gardening) Questions section, listing of resources and info (similar but not the same as Grow NYC's) and a plant helpline (listed below) are all on the website.

Need plant help?

Contact the experts at:

(718) 817-8681

Mon.-Fri: 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Or email us anytime at:plantinfo@nybg.org

From GROW NYC:  City Lot Fact Sheets

• A City Gardening Primer on Perennials
• Annuals Perennials Tolerant of Dry Conditions
• Birds in Urban Gardens
• Caring for roses in summer
• Diseases and Insects
• Early Spring Bulb Alert
• Essential Garden Tools And Maintainence
• Fences and Bollards
• Good Gardening Practices
• Grow Truck Tool Loan Agreement
• Growing Propagating in a Cold Frame
• Herbs in Urban Gardens
• Horticultural Oils
• How to Construct a Tree Bench
• Indoor plants in low light
• Insects and Diseases
• Lawn Care and Maintenance
• Managing Weeds
• Month to Month Gardening Schedule: what you should be doing every month to get the most out of your garden.
• New Ways to Plant City Trees
• Noxious Weeds in your Garden
• Plan a Cutting Garden in NYC
• Plant Propagation
• Plant a rock garden in NYC
• Plants for Shade Gardens
• Plants for window boxes and tree pits
• Poisonous And Injurious Garden Plants
• Prepare for Maintenance
• Preparing and Selling Herbs and Dried Flowers
• Putting Your Garden to Rest for Winter
• Rubble Mounds
• Spring flowering bulbs