| Gardenology.org | |
|---|---|
 Logo | |
| General information | |
| URL | |
| Slogan |
Plant Encyclopedia and Gardening wiki |
| Type of site | |
| Registration |
required |
| Languages | |
| Licensing | |
| Content license |
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License |
| Creation and ownage | |
| Created by | |
| Launched |
February 24, 2007[1] |
| Current status |
Active[citation needed] |
Gardenology.org is a Web-based project with a goal to create a free "complete plant and garden wiki encyclopedia." The site contains over 19,000 articles, containing information about botany basics, cultivation, propagation, plant maintenence, glossary of botanical names, and a glossary of gardening terms.
History[]
Screenshot of the main page as of December 28, 2010.
The site was created on February 24, 2007 by Raffi[1] using a Wiki model licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License. As using a wiki model, Gardenology.org is built through collaboration of gardeners from around the world. Articles can cover information about individual species or cultivars, families of plants, a gardening term, or a gardening topic. While the project uses MediaWiki software, which is also used by Wikia, Inc. and Wikimedia, Gardenology.org does not belong to any of these sites; it was begun and operated independently.
Advertising[]
The Gardenology.org search box, which can be added to a website using HTML.
Gardenology.org t-shirt, which are currently being sold here.
- "Seriously though, the biggest help you can provide at this point besides actually editing and adding to articles is getting the word out."
- ―Raffi[src]
Gardenology.org is said to be in need of advertisement. In order to accomplish more advertisement, some features have been added to include this. A Gardenology.org search box can be placed on certain websites and blogs, which allows a person to type in a topic, and it will use the Gardenology.org search. So far Gardennauta, Avant-Gardening, Teza's Garden, and Organic Gardening Way use the search bar.[2]
Gardenology.org has also expanded advertising by creating fan pages on Facebook and Twitter, as well as creating t-shirts of Gardenology.org.[3]