Patent ID: 8239285

Claim:
A method for providing horticultural product information to consumers, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining, in electronic form, identifying information corresponding to a horticultural product of interest to a consumer; providing the identifying information to a computer system; retrieving, from a database, which is accessible from the computer system, horticultural product information related to the horticultural product of interest to the consumer; said database including accumulated horticultural product information; said accumulated horticultural product information having been accumulated from a plurality of specialized sources; providing, to the consumer, the horticultural product information; the horticultural product being at least one of a plant, a groundcover, fertilizers, seeds, bulbs or chemical and nonchemical soil and/or ground or plant treatment; said horticultural product information comprising zone(s) for best use for a plant, best time to plant, related or suggested fertilizers; and providing an audio rendering of at least a portion of the horticultural product information.