Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state.
The name Arkansas is a French pronunciation of a Quapaw word meaning "land of downriver people". The pronunciation "arkansaw" was made official by an act of the state legislature in 1881.
The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area had 829,032 people in the 2006 census estimates and is the largest in Arkansas.
Arkansas Landscaping Resources
Fruits
Fruits
and Pecans - Oklahoma State University
Landscape and Ornamentals
The Garden Web
Garden.com
Garvan Woodland
Gardens
National
Gardening
Arkansas Christmas Tree Growers
Association
Arkansas
Farm Bureau
Plant
Hardiness Zone Map is of great importance to all gardeners to help them make
the correct plant material choices for their zones.
American
Horticultural Society Heat Zone Map - The Heat Zone Map indicates the point at which plants start physiologically
suffering from long periods of heat.
GardeningPlaces.com
color-coded heat zone map by state.
Vegetables
The American Gourd Society
MSUCares: Home &
Family: Housing
- Excessive housing costs affect all households especially young families,
single-parent families and the elderly who are ether trying to buy a home or
find an affordable place to rent. For most families, buying adequate housing is
the single largest investment each will make in a lifetime. The resources
contained on the web site emphasize: housing affordability based on the family budget,
proper maintenance and upkeep, maintaining safe and secure surroundings,
and resources for more housing information
Healthy
Homes Webtool Healthy Homes Webtool. Created by the University of
Wisconsin at Madison, this is an excellent source of home safety information
with emphasis on children. The Webtool addresses indoor environmental dangers
as well as pesticide and household product safety.
Other Links of Interest
University of Arkansas
Department of Horticulture
Agriculture in
Arkansas - The Agriculture in Arkansas web site was created for the people
of Arkansas by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. On this
site you will find links to organizations offering services to the agriculture
industry of our state.
Naturally Arkansas
- The Arkansas Agriculture Product Market, developed by
the Arkansas State Plant Board, to help potential buyers locate Arkansas
producers and Arkansas products.
Arkansas State
Plant Board
AR Gardener Magazine
Daylily
Rust Information Page
Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
National
Agricultural Pest Information System
National
Plant Board
Nebraska
Cooperative Extension Service - Daylily Rust Information USGS
- Butterflies of North America
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