Resources

Affiliates | Computer Software/Details | General Interest & Forums | Graphics |
History & Education | International | Landscape Design Equipment |
Law Issues | Nursery, Landscape and Design Associations | Order forms |Plants & Details | Publications |
Site Furnishings & Art | Suggested Booklist | Sustainability | Water Use

---

The links below are rich with information for the serious garden designer, and gardener.

Computer Software/ Details:

• Cad Details
• GardenGraphics (Dynascape Cad software)
• Gardensoft USA (PlantMaster/ Gardenworks software)
• DigArts Software
• VectorWorks Landmark

General Interest and Forums:

• Garden Web Design Forum
• Gardening Tips Guide
• Ground Trades Xchange
• LandscapeOnline
• Landscapedia
• Gardennet
• Urban Parks Institute
• Security Design Coalition

Graphics:

• Cobalt Design Studio

History and Education:

• Archives of American Gardens
• Columbia University Master of Science in Landscape Design
• Contemporary Landscape Inquiry Project
• Garden Database
• History of Garden Design
• History of Landscape Architecture
• Landscape Architecture Virtual Library
• Morton Arboretum
• New York Botanical Garden Continuing Education
• The Landscape Institute of The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
• University of Massachusetts Extension Program

International:

• Landscape Design Trust - UK
• The Landscape Institute - UK
• Society of Garden Designers- UK
• Garden Designer-UK
• Gardendesign-uk
• International Japanese Garden Association
• Japanese Garden Database
• The European Foundation of Landscape Architecture
• UK Garden Designer

Landscape Design Equipment

• Engineer Supply

Law Issues:

• Self-Help Law Center

Order Forms

• Guidelines to Hiring a Landscape Designer Brochure Order Form
• Calendar Order Form
• Mailing List
• Environmentally Responsible Landscape Brochure Order Form
• Be a Landscape Designer

Plants and Details:

• Internet Directory for Botany (100's of plant & garden links)
• Hortpages (Horticultural Directory)
• Find Plants
• Backyard Gardener
• TerraNova Nursery (new perennial introductions)
• Designers Worldwide Resource Directory
• Plants National Database
• Oregon State University Plant Database
• Minnesota Sustainable Landscape Plants Database
• Michigan State University Ornamental Plants Database
• Ohio State Plant List Database
• Community Trees
• TreeLink
• National Arboretum
• Native Landscaping
• Sustainable Landscape Design
• Foliage Home Page

Publications :

• Fine Gardening
• Garden Design Magazine
• Land Lines (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
• Lawn and Landscape
• The Garden Letter

Site Furnishings and Art:

• BloomingDoor.com
• Custom Ironwork
• Envision Galley
• FountainFinder.com
• John Sonnier, Sculpture
• Landscape Lighting Institute
• Landscape forms - Site furnishings
• Landscape Direct - Product & service resource
• Landscape Lighting - Nightorbs illuminate gardens and water features with artistic beauty.
• Spa and Hot Tub Covers   
• Swimming Pools

---