I don't know if they've deleted everything but the developers keep making changes. Maybe send them an email and see if they respond. Their email is gardenweb@houzz.com

Hi Stew -- Your clippings are now listed under Bookmarks on your profile page. If you don't see them listed, don't worry! The content has been ported over, but we just need to restore them to your profile. We hope to do that soon. I'm not sure I understand what you mean about photos and archives? Are you having trouble finding something in particular?

Tamara,

The extensive archives contained searchable articles that were very useful. Searching by members' names also produced useful information. The photos were contained in posts by myself and others that were also informative about a plant, disease, bugs, etc. Thanks for your help.

Hi Stew,

The archives are still intact and you should be able to find them by using the search bar at the top of the page.

Tamara, Thanks so very much!! I've been checking FAQ's and they were truncated. However, when I went to my bookmarks, the "stuff" I had clipped (including FAQ's) were there!!!! Thanks again!

Arlene

where do you go to turn off emails. I'm fairly savvy but can't find it.

found it

Starry rider, go to "Your Houzz", click on "Edit Profile", and then click on "Advanced Settings" and make your choices.

Can anyone tell me the name of this tree? It is in Palm Beach County.

Looks like a Norfolk Island Pine . . .

Used to GardenWeb. My initial reaction to this whole site is: "This is weird" ... Why is it named to phonetically sound like a synonym of a street walker? It's a bit creepy.

Susie ... that's what I initially thought too. I was hoping it wasn't a Norfolk pine ... they don't want to plant water guzzlers here .. and I was told Norfolk's are water guzzlers. :-(

I'm really scared! It's like when Spike sent me to Disneyland all over again.

Ann,

You're right, Spike is probably turning over in his grave. This is now just any other message board, no pizzazz and nothing to keep newbies here let alone folks that have been here for years. The great graphics are gone, this site will quickly die and I can't stand to watch it.

This is my last message here, so long folks.

Tom

Bye, Tom! I appreciate everything you've contributed around here at the old place. I'll never forget that you sent me seeds when I lost my little garden when TS Fay flooded Chokoloskee with salt water. What an awesome thing to do!

You will surely be missed!

Your gardening friend,

Susie

They changed my username

tomncath, if you are still here, would you mind reaching me, I am new and I believe you are growing Yacon. anyhow, hope to hear from you. B

Hi Tom - So, I guess it's just not me. I find this new format very hard to negotiate. Not very user friendly. The last dates posted for each entry, for example, are so pale that they are hard to read. You know that I have been a long time poster but I hardly post anymore. It seems like our unique bonds with one another are gone. :(

I hope to see you at one of Silvia's garden parties someday.

Christine

Hi Christine! I missed all the old posters like Tom and you and I agree about our unique bonds with each other and I hope that we can keep them in the future no matter what comes around....Remember you talked about having a garden party at your house with all the new things that you have been working in your garden? We will be there if you decide to do it and I am sure Mark too since he is in that area. Spring is coming soon.:)

Silvia

Hi Silvia --- I have so much work to do to get the yard in shape from winter damage before I can think about having a garden party. Wow, this sounds like a very good motivator to get me outside (a lot). If you will come I will surely strongly consider it! That doesn't leave a lot of time because I would want it before it gets too hot. Any suggestions?

Christine

Hi Christine - Don't worry about how the garden looks, you know that many times my garden was not up to date either.:) It is more about sharing the day, plants and food with friends that like to garden. I think anytime around April after the Leu Gardens sale it is good. If you decide to do it, let us know so we can save the date, a lot of the garden friends live by your area and I am sure they will like to get together too...

Silvia

Gardenweb is gone? Houzz seems to be just a sales site. Is there a REAL gardenweb anywhere?

Mark, are you Mark the Music Director from Miami, by any chance?

If you look on the left side of the page you'll see a link to all the GW forums. They're still here, although not at all what they were.

Mark, don't cha just hate when something that works for you gets changed and loses something in the process?! Our big library cooperative for the county just changed contractors; we lost all the graphics (book, CD, and DVD jackets). It's a bummer. I hope inclusion of graphics cycles around in use again on these websites. It's like non-preservation of historic buildings (my other gardening interest) when aesthetics lose to the almighty dollar.

Although challenging to use, the Internet Archive: Wayback Machine, has been useful to me. There are good Search Tips in the FAQ.

Carol in Jacksonville

I loved the old Garden Web. I've used the new site a few times, but I can't get used to it, and i have the feeling that people have left in droves. Such a shame.

is there a way to turn off that awful pop up from Houzz that interrupts repeatedly??

is there a way to turn off that awful pop up from Houzz that interrupts repeatedly??

Sign in.

The new Houzz site is typical of what happens when a functioning site is turned over to a commercial enterprise. Crap, simplification, garbage, and loss. I miss Gardenweb. And Houzz is NOT Gardenweb!

GardenWeb was fantastic. This new site is simply depressing. Old posts are lost, and a lot of good information from good posters is now gone.

I wasn't around when houzz took over, i was here before that so i have no idea what went. I know i had to make a new i.d. When i came back as the old sign in wouldn"t work. But i have been very curious about it. I was in another forum and saw a post from 2004 resurected but a search for old posts did not bring me what i was looking for in the florida gardening forum.

GW lost a lot of archived posts in the months before Houzz took over, too. It's not entirely Houzz's fault.

I agree, but Houzz would have had to have a separate server to retain all those posts. I guess it set a time limit and space limit on retained posts, so we lost a ton, but every now and then, I see some older posts pop up from someone's search. I think they did away with all the 90s and only kept those from the 2000s, because I've seen a few pop up from 2003 and 2005. Sadly, the early days were the best, when there were so many more members and so much great information.