Red, White & Grew™

A riff on the standard blogroll, the RW&G Registry is designed to connect new and established gardeners with peers in their state. The registry’s central purpose? To facilitate the exchange of useful, region-specific gardening information at the grassroots level between gardeners of various skill levels.

Note that bloggers names highlighted in boldface are especially recommended by RW&G for their general knowledge and/or unique contributions to the kitchen garden movement!

Want/need even more help/information? Check out the Links page re: Kitchen Gardeners International and FreedomGardeners.org. Also useful is this map by the American Horticultural Society identifying Master Gardeners by state.

Think your name should be added to the registry? Submit a comment below – with all the relevant details (see other entries for the correct formatting)–and we’ll add you in a few days or so.

ARKANSAS

Ellen Crane
Newfies, Orchids and Minis, Oh My!
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginner/Intermediate

CALIFORNIA

Judi Gerber
LA Farm Girl/@lafarmgirl
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): It depends on what I am trying to grow! Sometimes clueless and sometimes master!

Chris McLaughlin
San Francisco Gardening Examiner/@suburban_farmer
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): All of these
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): I [write] a little for every level – honest.

Carri Stokes
Read Between the Limes/@betweenthelimes
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Not provided

CONNECTICUT

Indigo
Indigo’s Sphere
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Urban (container garden)
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Intermediate

FLORIDA

Deborah Aldridge
The Rural City Dweller
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Urban, but small town
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced

Tina Wilson
The Victory Gardener
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Intermediate

GEORGIA

Pattie Baker
Foodshed Planet and Sustainable Dunwoody
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): I think I’m ready for advanced!

IDAHO

Dan Eskelson
Clearwater Garden Journal
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced

Teresa O’Connor
Seasonal Wisdom/@seasonalwisdom
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Mainly suburban; sometimes urban and rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginner and intermediate

ILLINOIS

LaManda Joy
The Yarden/@theyarden
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Urban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Veggies: Advanced

Amanda Thomsen
Kiss My Aster/@kissmyaster
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): A little of each of these
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Jedi

Mr. McGregor’s Daughter
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced

INDIANA

Cindy Scott Day
Inch by Inch, Row by Row
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginner

IOWA

Alicia
Culinary Bliss
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Urban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginner

KANSAS

Judy Redpath
The Burrow
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Urban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Intermediate

KENTUCKY

Iris Shreve Garrott
Eden Keeps/@circulating
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Rural – halfway out in the country from a big small town
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Intermediate – it has been awhile but I have grown a thing or two in my lifetime

MAINE

Kerry
Container Gardening
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced

 MARYLAND

 Jennah W.
Jennah’s Garden/@jennahw
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Somewhere between rural and suburban, leaning towards rural.
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner,Intermediate, Advanced): Beginning intermediate?

MASSACHUSETTS

Andrew Keys
The Garden Smackdown/OakLeafGreen.com/@oakleafgreen
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): All
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced

Janice Lavigne
Gardening under New England Skies
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Semi-Rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginner

NEW JERSEY

Anthony
The Compost Bin
Setting: Suburban
Gardening Skill Level: Intermediate

NEW YORK

Kathy
Cold Climate Gardening
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural):Rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced):Intermediate

Lisa Gustavson
Get In the Garden/@getinthegarden
Setting: Suburban
Level:Perennials, herbs, vegetables intermediate and still learning!

NORTH CAROLINA

Joe Lamp’l (a.k.a “Joe Gardener”)
Compost Confidential/@joegardener
Setting: Suburban
Gardening Skill Level: Advanced

Helen Yoest
Gardening with Confidence

Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced, but learning everyday

OREGON

Elizabeth Enslin
Yips and Howls
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Urban transitioning to rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Urban kitchen gardener – advanced; For rural farm- beginner to intermediate

JeanAnn Van Krevelen
Gardener to Farmer/@jeanannvk
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban, though it feels like Rural sometimes
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced

TEXAS

d.a.
Farm Natters/@dasparky
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginning orchardist, otherwise between beginner & intermediate.

Becky Lane/Hill Country Hippie
Seasonality
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Rural, 4 Central Texas acres of limestone & deer
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Perennials & herbs-intermediate veggies – as green as you can get

Linda Lehmusvirta
Central Texas Gardener
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): all
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): all

M. Sinclair Stevens
Zanthan Gardens/@zanthangardens
Setting (Urban, Suburban or Rural): Large lot in downtown South Austin
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Intermediate

Melissa Oakes
Gardening 4 Life
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Rural
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced, but still a student

Punk Gardener
Punkgardener.com
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Trailer Park
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginner

 Susan Tomlinson
The Bike Garden
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Intermediate

UTAH

Vanessa Richins
National Urban Gardening Examiner/@treesandshrubs
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Suburban/Urban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Advanced

VIRGINIA

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
LewisGinter.org/@lewisginter
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Botanical Garden, a bit of everything

WASHINGTON

Lorene Edwards Forkner
Planted at Home
Setting : City sized lot in town
Gardening Skill Level: Advanced – Grow it, kill it, know it!!!

The Shibaguyz
The Shibaguyz/@shibaguyz
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): urban/suburban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Masters of the Universe!!

WISCONSIN

Jennifer Collins
Vintage Life
Setting: Urban
Gardening Skill Level: Beginner. I’m just starting to explore the idea of a victory garden.

And elsewhere….

United Kingdom

Georgy Girl
Plotz
Setting (Urban, Suburban, Rural): Urban
Gardening Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginner