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| About
Flowers |
Everything you need to
know about floristry. The site is produced by the Society
of American Florists and provides detail and ideas on design
also the occasions on which to use the designs. Information
on the industry including consumer trends and statistics on
holiday buying. |
| BUBL
LINK - Flowering Plants |
Catalogue of internet
sites directing you to sites on flowering plants all over
the world. |
| Flowers
Design School |
Based in WA, the website
details the training offered and has a great online bookshop.
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| Flower
Handlers |
Covering resources that
are available to people working in the floral industry. Gives
a detailed overview of the floral industry, highlighting past
achievements and ways the industry is heading. |
| Flower
Industry Association |
Homepage for Victorian Flowers
Growers. Includes contacts details for businesses in the industry,
legislation updates and general business information. |
| National
Association of Flower Arrangement Societies |
The website has information
on the floristry industry in the UK. It includes the society's
online shop. |
| Society
of American Florists |
Information on the industry
in America. Includes an online learning centre. |
| Society
of Floristry |
The UK website has details of
their publications, shows, training available, recruitment
in the industry, events and the latest news in the industry. |
| World
Flower Guide |
A
simple A-Z index of cut flowers, each with brief details and
an image. |
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| Aggie
Horticulture (Texas A&M University System) |
An American site providing
access to the Texas Horticulture Program, the combined information
resources of the teaching, research and extension program
at the Texas A&M University System. |
| Australian
Institute of Horticulture |
The national
industry body representing qualified horticulturists across
Australia from garden designers, landscapers, crop growers,
writers, researchers and gardeners. |
| Australian
National Botanical Gardens |
Information plant names,
plant images, plant database, plant bibliography, collecting
plants, bushfire ecology and much more. The site also incorporates
that Centre for plant Diversity Research and The Australian
Biodiversity Information facility. |
| Australia's
Virtual Herbarium |
Produced
by the Royal Botanic Gardens of Melbourne. Search the Map
or Data by genus or species. |
| Department
of Primary Industries, Queensland |
Useful
site with links to horticulture and fresh produce, and to
pest and disease control in Queensland. |
| Flora
of Australia Online |
The Australian
Biological Resources Study (ABRS) provides online delivery
of taxonomic and biological information on species known to
occur in Australia. It provides an array of data including
checklists, descriptive information and censuses of various
groups of organisms, searchable electronically. |
| Gardening
Australia |
Website
of the ABC program 'Gardening Australia', it features fact
sheets from the different featured segments from the show
as well as a 'tips' and 'plant profile' sections. |
| GardensOnline |
Australian Online
plants and garden retailer. Good source of fact sheets on
plant types & cultivation. |
| Government
Information on Land Management |
Information sheets in land and
water management, groundwater Victoria, soil and water information
series, native plants and pest plants, DSE parks and reserves,
parks and reserves, reducing waste and chemical use. |
| Horticulture
Australia |
HAL
is a national research, development and marketing organization.
They work partnership with the horticulture sector to invest
in programs that provide benefit to the Australian horticulture
industry. |
| Horticopia |
Database
of plant details. Search by Genus. |
| International
Plant Name Index |
The International Plant Names
Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic
bibliographical details of all seed plants. Produced by the
Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew), Harvard university Herbarium
and Australia National Herbarium. |
| Internet
Directory for Botany |
The Internet Directory of Botany
is an index to botanical information available on the Internet. |
| Know
your
catchments |
Information
on management of natural resources within Victorian catchment
areas. |
| Librarians'
Index of the Internet - Plants |
List of websites
to do with a range of topics in agriculture and botany. |
| Australia's
National Association of Forest Industries |
Provides
information about the forest industry and forestry in Australia. |
| National
Biological Information Infrastructure: Botany |
The National
Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a collaborative
program designed to provide increased access to data and information
on the nation's biological resource. This site deals with
botany and sub fields, such as paleobotany, physiology, and
plant pathology. Provides numerous links provided to pertinent
high-quality online resources. |
| National
Land & Water Resources Audit. |
The National
Water Resources and Dryland Salinity Assessments are available
on this site, and the national atlas of natural resources
information is being put together at this site also. Produced
by the National Heritage Trust |
| Plant Facts |
Plantfacts is a knowledge bank and international learning
centre including a: internet search engine - dealing directly
with places; Images - a searchable database of high quality
plants; Videos - 200 how-to videos; FAQs; and a Glossary. |
| Plant
tissue culture information exchange |
Provides links to online
information resources on plant tissues including biotechnology,
protoplast culture, plant hormones and growth regulators and
chimeras and chemical segregation. |
| Royal
Botanic Gardens Melbourne |
Information about
the gardens including research, education, events and exhibitions.
The Royal Botanic Gardens plays a critical role in plant sciences.
Its research underpins all plant sciences in Victoria by providing
fundamental information on the variety and relationships of
plants, fungi and algae, and through strategic studies in
biodiversity and horticulture. |
| Royal
Botanic Gardens Sydney |
Information about
the gardens including research, education, events and exhibitions. |
| Royal
Horticultural Society UK |
Very resourceful website including
a plant database including: Naming of Plants - structure of
a plant name, Naming regulations, Fruit and Vegetables by
their botanical name, Nomenclature Notes, Classification of
Genera, Flower Shows and Reverse synonyms. Also advice and
the latest research in Horticulture. |
|
Australian Plants Society |
This is the website for
the Australian Plants Society. It has a number of excellent
links including their online newsletter, book reviews, information
on growing native plants, diary happenings, native plan nurseries
and links to other relevant sites. |
| Uconn
Plant Database |
An
excellent American site providing an in-depth plant database. |
| University
of Tasmania |
Key to Tasmania
dicotylendons, this identify families and genera (and most
species) of Tasmanian dicotyledonous plants (at present there
is no key to genera of Brassicaceae). |
| WA
Native Plant Database - FloraBase |
FloraBase is a search
engine developed by the Western Australian Herbarium, to provide
up-to-date information on the names of Western Australian
plants. It also includes distribution maps, short descriptions
of each plant species and photographic images. |
| Wattle
Web |
WattleWeb documents the acacias of New South Wales, with
descriptions of the species, notes on distribution and ecology,
images and identification keys |
| University
of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden |
Access
to herb garden images by botanical or common names. |
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| Australian
Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) |
AILA provides a network
for Australian landscape architects and encourages the creation
of sustainable environments. AILA also publishes Landmark,
the official newsletter of the Institute. |
| Dream
Landscaping |
Dreamlandscaping is an Indian
site. It provides useful tips & articles on landscaping
design. |
| How
Stuff Works |
Looks at how things work such
as small engines, electronic and automatic things. Written
understandable terminology, this makes for a useful website. |
| Landscape
Industries Association of Victoria |
The Landscape Industries Association
of Victoria is dedicated to promoting the highest standards
in landscaping. Members include Landscapers, Contractors,
Designers and Suppliers. |
| Mitre
10 |
Besides
giving you details on their products also gives fact sheets
on do-it-yourself projects such as building a fence, deck,
garden setting etc. You can also use their online advice service. |
| Outdoor
Structures Australia |
Outdoor Structures Australia
is a supplier of quality hardwoods and treated timbers for
bridges, boardwalks, outdoor furniture, landscaping, traffic
control, fencing, as well as decking and flooring. The website
contains extensive information on timber and timber products. |
| The
Edna Walling Website |
This site is dedicated
to one of Australia's best known and most influential garden
designers, Edna Walling (1895-1973). She was born in England
and came to Australia in 1914. Two years later she enrolled
as a student at Melbourne's Burnley Horticultural College
from which she graduated in 1918. |
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| HydroMall |
Searchable database contains
over 700 hydroponics store listings worldwide, InfoCart product
information enquiry system, and an abundance of hydroponics
articles and links. |
| Nurseries
Online |
Links
to all Australian provides of nursery equipment and wholesalers
and other information relevant to the nursery industry in
Australia. |
| Nursery
and Garden Industry Association |
Information
for professional nursery operators, both growers and retailers. |
| Preventing
Injuries in Nurseries |
New tools
and methods aimed at preventing back injuries and other strains
and sprains in nursery work. |
| Plant
Order |
Wholesale plant
finding service for the horticultural industry. |
PESTS,
DISEASES AND WEEDS |
| CRC
for Australian Weed Management |
The Cooperative
Research Centres website outlines information on weed management,
the projects they are undertaking, publications including
their newsletter "weed watch" and much more. |
| Radcliffe's
IPM World Textbook |
This web page provides an electronic
alternative or complement to printed textbooks for communicating
information on integrated pest management (IPM). |
| Association
of Societies for Growing Australian Plants |
The Association of Societies
for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP) is made up of seven
independent, non-profit regional societies, one in each of
the six Australian States and the seventh in the Australian
Capital Territory (ACT). This website looks at what Australian
problem species of plants. |
| PaDIL - Pests,
Diseases and Image Library |
A government website with images and information on primarily
exotic targeted organisms of plant health in Australia. |
| Weeds
Australia |
This
site is produced by the National Weeds Strategy Executive
Committee to promote access to key weed policies, regulations,
current issues, national initiatives, research, extension,
training and personnel. |
| Weed
Society of Victoria |
Site
for the Weed Society of Victoria. |
| Which
Weed? from the Tamar Valley Weed Strategy Working Group (Tas.)
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Website
identified common weeds that are posing a threat to the Tamar
Valley (and some the rest of Australia) and suggests ways
of dealing with them. Great graphics of weeds and details
on pest. |
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| Australian
Golf Course Superintendents' Association |
Useful site
which also provides access to AGCSATech, a new self-funding
research division. |
| Australian
Soil Resources Information System |
Brought
out by the CSIRO the website is intended as an on-line facility
for all interested parties to assist with soil classification
work. |
| British
Turf & Landscape Irrigation Association |
The British Turf & Landscape
Irrigation Association is a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation
which promotes the development, proper use and acceptance
of turf and landscape irrigation equipment. |
| Outdoor
Power Equipment Institute |
Provides
information about mowers, lawn tractors, tiller, chipper/shredders
and all types of outdoor power equipment related to the lawn
and garden industry. |
| Globe
Australia Pty Ltd |
Established
in 1972 to service bowling clubs, the company is now a network
of divisions supporting green-keeping, pest control, nursery
and related industries throughout Australasia. The
site includes details of products for bowling green and golf
course maintenance; of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides
- with links to product labels and MSDS; of turfgrass seeds;
and of safety products. The Turf Management section includes
an on-line magazine discussing products and services. |
| Irrigation
Association of Australia (IAA) |
The
IAA is represents
the Australian irrigation industry. It has members from all
sectors of the industry, from water users, consultants, designers
and installers through to education institutions, government,
manufacturers and retailers. |
| Michigan
Turfgrass Foundation |
A
non-profit organisation, locate on the Michigan State University
Campus, the foundation conducts research into turfgrasses
maintenance. While access to the full files in the Turfgrass
Information Centre is by subscription only, the Links provided
access to excellent free information provided by other US
turfgrass sites, e.g. Guelph Turfgrass Institute.
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| Turfgrass
Association of Australia |
Excellent site giving
links to turf-related Internet locations in Australia and
overseas. Also includes links related to machinery, irrigation,
chemicals and other resources. |
| University
of Sydney Library - Turfgrass weblinks
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A
useful list of Australian and International resources.
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| Victorian
Golf Course Superintendents' Association |
The VGCSA is to provide
training and educational services and a forum to share a common
interest in all aspects of golf course management to all Golf
Course Superintendents in the State of Victoria. A useful
links page is provided. |
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| Sustainability
Victoria |
EcoRecycle
Victoria website provides information & advice to business,
government & community on waste reduction & recycling. |
| EPA
Victoria |
Information
on achieving a clean, safe and sustainable environment. |
| WasteNet |
Information
and ideas for waste minimisation, recycling, re-using, disposal
and waste policy as well as a directory of links to further
relevant sites. |
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| Australian
Plants Online |
The online
magazine of the Society for Growing Australian Plants. |
| GardenWeb
Australia |
Provides
information on gardening including forums, an online magazine
- the Cyber-Plantsman, links to gardens of the world and gardening
tips. |
| Arboriculture
& Urban Forestry |
The Journal is published by
the International Society of Arboriculture. Current issues
of the Journal are available online, beginning with the January
2002 issue. |
| Online
Global Garden Magazine Australia |
Information on gardening
including latest plants and products, Australian plants, landscaping,
planting guides and links to other gardening sites. |
