The GardenWeb site is a hub for gardeners and nature lovers of all types. Its resources include the huge Hortiplex database and a dictionary of more than 4400 botanical terms. There are also photo galleries, blogs, an "Ask the Experts" section, a climate zone finder, a directory of other informational sites, and a shopping section.
But the heart of GardenWeb may be its forums. There are several hundred different forums, ranging from general gardening topics such as landscaping, cultivation, lawn care, fruit growing, wildflowers, plant propagation, and creating wildlife habitats, to specialized subjects such as daylilies, violets, fuchsia, bananas, clematis, and beekeeping. In fact, almost every well-known type of plant appears to be covered by a special forum.
From my observations, one especially active area is the seed exchange forum. Here members can make posts about particular kinds of seeds they want, or seeds they have available to give away. They can then arrange to send the desired seeds to each other through the mail using padded envelopes. Free give-aways and exchanges are allowed, but selling is prohibited.
Each person who registers to participate in the forums is given a free members page, in which he or she may include personal information such as their location and their favorite plants and flowers.
