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Allergy-Free-Gardening
Plant a Million Trees
Bloomington Locally Grown: Permaculture Growers Co-op

Hungry Gnome Gardenscapes

Founded in Athens, Georgia by Kevin Yates in 2009, Hungry Gnome will make your neighbors drool.
This is where Salem got his start and worked starting in early spring 2010. Hungry Gnome has been growing lately and expanded to include a small Permaculture nursery, the only of it's kind in Athens, GA!

Plant Information Online

Provided by the U of Minnesota, an excellent
data base for sourcing plant material in North America

Permaculture Activist

North America's Permaculture experts, located right here in Bloomington!

Plants For A Future

Exhaustive edible & medicinal plant data base

WE Farm: The Wayne-Egenolf Farm

Friends Laura Beth Wayne & Josh Egenolf's new farm:
"WE Farm now has a home at BluMoon Farm in eastern Owen County, Indiana. We are leasing 150 incredible acres of pasture and forest on which to raise grass-fed beef and lamb, free-range poultry, and woodlot and pasture-raised hogs just 25 minutes west of Bloomington. We will provide meat and eggs that are wholesome, healthy, sustainable, and just plain delicious."

Local Grower's Guild

Bloomington's local food network

INPAWS: Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society

Learn about wildflower endemic to Indiana

Native Trees of Indiana

Learn about trees endemic to Indiana

My Edible Eden

"My Edible Eden will take a palette consisting of fruits, vegetables, trees, shrubs, brambles, vines, herbs, and flowers to assist you in the creation of a tasteful work of art in your yard. You can grow your own vast array of colors, textures and flavors to create a landscape that will taste as good as it looks." Founded by Jami Scholl in 2008. Jami is also a Permaculture Designer here in Bloomington who also promotes growing food at home with style!

Nurseries I use and trust!

Edible Landscaping Online

Based in Afton, VA, Edible Landscaping Online has a magnificent variety of fruit shrubs & tree, including many cold-hardy varieties of citrus & avocados. They also carry some unusual gems as well, such as the Che fruit or dwarf Pomegranate.

Richters Herb Specialists

This is a new one I've learned of through Keith Johnson of the Permaculture Activist. They have one of the most exhaustive herb selections (seed, plant, dried herbs, extracts) I've every seen. They also offer a partnership so if you click on the link (the image right) and order anything from Richters, I get credited 20% of the order to help jumpstart my fledgling homestead! Please check it out!

Useful Plants Nursery

Chuck Marsh of Earthaven (Black Rock, NC)
-- a great site to learn about and purchase
edible and medicinal plants

Kentucky State University: Paw Paw Program

KSU and the Kentucky Forestry Department are
breeding pawpaws and other native shrubs and trees

Abundant Edible Landscapes

Edible Landscaping friends in Gainesville, Florida

Composting Partners:
Local Businesses reducing their food waste by donating it to be composted by Bread & Roses and WE Farm

Bloomingfoods

This is the Bloomington Co-op, an awesome place to get healthy, organic, fair trade products. Bloomingfoods promotes local food and carry a number of local products throughout the year.

Sahara Mart