Gardening Resources

Gardening Classes

City of Ventura Gardening Classes
Master Gardeners of Ventura County
A Smart Garden 
Otto & Sons
The Permaculture Academy

Herb Walks

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Gardening Stores

Green Thumb Nursery - Ventura
​Otto & Sons
All Good Things Organic Seeds
Matilija Nursery
Island Seeds 
SB Natives
Peach Hill Soils

Theodore Payne Foundation

Gardening Tips & Advice

Garden Nerd
The California Garden Web
Mother Earth News
Blue Sky Biochar
Organic is Easier with OMRI
Soil Testing

Garden Pest Management

UC Davis Integrated Pest Management
Earth Easy
Mother Earth News
Rodents in the Garden
​Community Garden Rodent Handout

Gardening & Related Clubs

Organic Gardening Club of Ventura
Ventura County Beekeeping Club
Nature's Finest Club
UC Master Gardener Program Ventura County
Ventura County Sierra Club
Ventura Growing Circles

Starting Your Own Community Garden

American Community Gardening Association 
UCCE Garden Startup Guide

Gardening & Ecology

Channel Islands Restoration
​Ojai Raptor Center
Ojai Valley Green Coalition
California Native Plant Society, Channel Islands
​Ojai Trees
Restore Ventura
Ventura County Watersheds

Cooking in the Garden

Abundant Table
​Food Forward
​Ventura Food COOP
​Edible Magazine : Ventura/Ojai
​Apricot Lane Farms

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