Resources for
New Residents of Palm Beach County |
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Family |
Baby
Names
A collection of over 10,000
names used to find a name and to learn what the name
means. Browse the Baby Name Dictionary or go straight to
Find It to customize your search. |
Bliss Weddings
A guide to planning weddings
and honeymoons, supported by a bevy of nuptial experts. |
FamilyFun
Travel, crafts, games, and
more from Disney’s Family Fun magazine. |
Great Websites
for Children
Over 700 recommended sites
for children and parents from the American Library
Association’s Great Web Sites Committee. |
KidSource Online
Current education and
healthcare information for parents. |
Parenting Pages
The Library System's Parenting Pages with information on health,
education, and other resources. |
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Gardening |
Florida
Cooperative Extension Service
Includes
links to publications on everything from ant control
to xeriscaping, as well as lots of information on
growing fruits and vegetables in Florida. |
GardenWeb
The
Internet's Gardening Community. It includes
forums for Florida gardening. |
Mounts
Botanical Garden
The oldest and largest
public garden in the county is a terrific place to view
and learn about plants that will grow in our area. Visit
the web site to find out about
their hours, tours, bookstore, special programs, and
plant sales. |
Palm Beach County/UF-IFAS Extension Program
It is for the local cooperative extension office,
and includes weekly gardening tips for our area, contact
information for local gardening societies, and a map of the
citrus quarantined area in Palm Beach County. |
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Homemaking |
Appliance
411
Contains tips on purchasing, maintaining, and repairing home
appliances. Follow the "Who Makes What" link to learn which
companies make which brands. Online manuals can also be found
here. |
Better Homes
and Gardens
Better
Homes and Gardens provides tips on home improvement,
cooking and entertaining, crafts, and
landscaping. |
Epicurious
It boasts over 12,000
recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines. |
HomeTips
HomeTips is your one-stop resource for help with home improvement,
remodeling houses, home repair, decorating, and buying appliances
and other home products. |
RecipeSource
Just
enter keywords into the search tool to locate recipes
that match. Over 70,000 recipes available
online. |
VeryBestMeals
VeryBestMeals.com
provides recipes, ideas and tools needed to create
fast, nutritious and delicious meals. |
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Pets |
Animal
Network
This
site covers dogs, cats, horses, critters, reptiles,
birds, fish, and links to information on how to care
for each. |
Dog Focused
This is a comprehensive site for dog information, and
includes a search engine for locating pet friendly hotels, motels,
and pet sitters. |
Palm
Beach County
Animal Care and
Control
Includes
links to information about adopting pets, lost pets,
and views from their PetCam. |
Petfinder.com
Petfinder.com
tells how to find and adopt a homeless pet, and
provides information on many aspects of living with a
pet. |
The following Internet sites have been selected for
their value as reference sources. Although reviewed by library staff
at the time of inclusion in this list, the Palm Beach County Library
System is not responsible for their contents.