Perry's Perennial Pages

Quote, Accolades, and Credits

"Everyone has enough to do in weeding his own garden."  --Flemish proverb

Accolades

• Voted top gardening site for the month (December 2006) from hundreds of nominations to Garden Site Awards.
• London Financial Times (November 1999), one of the top internet gardening sites.
•  ijardin.com (France) (March 2001) said "Les pages-web sur les vivaces du Dr Perry sont un de grands monuments d'internet que l'on visite avec attention and respect."
• The 2001 Good Web Guide to Gardening (U.K.) listed this site as one of the hundred best available for gardeners.
•  Duke of URL classy site pick for the 50+Friends Club,
•  Infography Superlative Site--one of top 6 in this field,
•  featured as cover story of UVM weekly e-newsletter The View in May 2002,
• daily garden tips provided to Cablevision's Gardening channel (NYC metro area) 2002-2004
• one of the top 9 reference sites in horticulture, as listed by the Assn. of College and Research Libraries (May, 2003);
• invited for inclusion in All.Info-- the premier web search facility for juried and credible information
• featured (2004) in National Garden Month
• chosen for inclusion in the Internet Scout Project (vol. 3, no. 20, Oct 1 2004), an effort of the National Science Foundation

"I've been passing the word on your incredible web work. I think it's one of the best hort sites in the country." -- Cheryl, Vermont

"Dr. Perry's Perennial Pages... are extremely accurate, thorough and must be seen!"-- Erin, Nova Scotia

"We're proud to say that your web site and your reading recommendations are jewels in the crown of
our mission to uncover superlative knowledge. "--Howard, Infography

"I live and garden on the opposite side of the USA (Idaho) from you but have found your pages the most informative of any that are available on the Web." --Jack, Idaho

"I just wanted to tell you that I'm impressed by your website and the information that it contains.  I teach a Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Class and have been encouraging my students to use your website for several years.  I also use it all the time as a resource."  --Dana, New Hampshire

"I'm very impressed with your homepage. It's things like this that make UVM seem even more exciting!" --Jill, Cape Cod

"This is fabulous!  I am lousy with the computer and found this a very easy site to navigate around.  Loved the lecture I tried.  I will be back for lots more and will tell my gardening friends!  Great job!" -- Kathleen, Massachusetts

"Your site is incredibly informative and attractively designed." -- David, Indiana

"Tonight, I once again tried to link to your page - WOW!!!!!  I don't think I will ever be bored again!  Thank you for providing such a wonderful site for us - and it is user-friendly, too!"--Anne, California

"I bumped into your web page on a search...and thoroughly enjoyed it." -- Dirk, England

"I am a first year student at a horticultural college in Melbourne, Australia. The plant identification information is first class. It is very relevant to my course and I shall mention your site to students in my class." --Karen, Australia

"I found the information on your page to be very helpful and informative."-- D, Tennessee

"You Perennial Page is one of the first sites I recommend whenever asked about good general gardening sites." --Larry, North Carolina

"What a great resource. I am going to tell my students to use it as a resource." -- Tina, Massachusetts

"I have just discovered your site, and I am finding it very informative.  It definately deserves being ranked among the best gardening sites." --Fran, Wisconsin

"I am not one to email people, but felt compelled to let you know that your web page is the best gardening page I've yet come across." --Jean-Marie, Vermont

“I just wanted to inform you that you have a very nice website.  Very informative and utilizes lots of different media.”  --Heather (a city forester), Illinois

pages are  d for accessibility

 Credits

Patterns on pages courtesy of Pattern Land! and Indina's Tapestry Shop. Javascript from The Javascript Source. National flags from Robesus, Inc.

Flower world art on home page, courtesy of Chris Schlegel, Loudon, NH.

Movie on welcome page and Real Media files, courtesy of Iris Multimedia and in memory of Bob Logsdon.

Translations courtesy of Eberhart Altmann (German), Elena Garcia (Spanish), Pytsje van der Sluis (psvertal@cybercomm.nl, Dutch), Guiliana Miuccio (Italian)

Songs on this site are from Midi Haven and Don Carroll.

Webtracking courtesy of 

Appreciation goes to Craig Donnan and David Deutl for technical assistance.

These pages made possible in part by a grant from

New England Grows