Welcome to the Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library

Now is the season for gardening, so take advantage of the resources below to help you with your green thumb projects!



Useful Websites:
Government of Canada:

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.php Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada : Plant Hardiness Zones in Canada http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/climate/hardiness/intro.html Health Canada: Common lawn problems : http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/hl-ps-problem/index-eng.php Health Canada : Pesticides and pest management: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/index-eng.php

Ville de Montréal:

Butterfly Gardening: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/info_verte/papillons/papillons.htm Community Gardens, Montreal: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=5798,68853571&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Montreal Botanical Garden: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/menu.htm Green Pages of the Montreal Botanical Garden: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/biblio/carnet.htm Home Gardener’s Checklist: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/info_verte/calendrier/printemps.htm Pesticide-free gardening: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/info_verte/jardiner_sans_pesticides/jardiner.htm Vermicomposting: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/info_verte/fiches/vers.htm

City of Côte Saint-Luc:

http://www.cotesaintluc.org/en/brownbin

Canada :

Canadian Gardening : http://www.canadiangardening.com/gardens/featured-gardens/a-quebec-artist-tames-a-bluff/a/1491# City Farmer News : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/10/01/guerrilla-gardening-transforms-a-vacant-lot-in-montreal/ Inside Urban Green: http://www.insideurbangreen.org/rooftop-garden-project---montreal/ International Development Research Centre http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-54212-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada: http://www.organicagcentre.ca/ Rooftop Garden Project: http://rooftopgardens.ca/en Sustainable Gardening: http://www.gardenwiseonline.ca/gw/sustainable-gardening Weather Network: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/gardening/caqc0363

Québec :

Action Communiterre: http://www.actioncommuniterre.qc.ca/en/services/collective-gardening McGill University: http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/projects/ediblecampus/ Quebec Farmers’ Association : http://www.quebecfarmers.org/ Sustainable Montreal : http://www.sustainablemontreal.ca/2010/09/24/sustainable-gardening-class/

A Selection of Books in our Library :

Gardener's Color Palette: Paint your Garden with 100 Extraordinary Flower Choices by Tom Fischer

Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser as you Grow Older by Sydney Eddison

How to Grow a School Garden: a Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers by Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Kathleen Pringle

My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned his Big City Backyard into a Farm by Manny Howard

DVDs:

Martha's Spring Gardening Canadian Gardener: with David Tarrant

Magazines:

Better Homes and Gardens Canadian Gardening