Horticulture Links of Interest
Associations
& Organizations
Various trade &
professional associations of interest, mostly horticulture
Botanical Gardens
Botanical gardens around Florida and
famous gardens elsewhere
Certification Programs
Various professional horticulture
certifications available to professionals
Entomology
Extension
Offices
Government
Agencies
Horticulture - General
Horticulture - Commercial
Horticulture - Homeowner
Horticulture - Retail Garden Centers
Misc Resource Links - Zip Code Lookup,
Thesaurus, Dictionary, Contractors Directory
Pest Control Resources
Pesticide-Related
Plant Photos / Information
Search Engines
Trade Magazines
Trees
Turf
Weather
Wildlife
Associations
& Organizations
AFNN - Assoc of
Florida Native Nurseries - http://www.afnn.org/
AMCA -
American Mosquito Control Association - http://www.mosquito.org/
ANLA -
American Nursery and Landscape Association - http://www.anla.org/
AHPIS - Animal & Plant Health
Inspection Service - www.aphis.usda.gov
ASHS -
American Society of Horticultural Science - http://www.ashs.org/
ASLA - American Society of
Landscape Architects -
http://www.asla.org/
CPCO - Certified Pest Control
Operators Association - http://www.cpcoofflorida.org/
FAPMS -
Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society - http://www.fapms.org/
FFA
-
Future Farmers of America National Homepage - http://www.ffa.org/
FGCSA - Florida Golf Course
Superintendents Association - http://www.floridagcsa.com/
FLEPPC -
Florida Exotic Plant Pest
Council - http://www.fleppc.org/
FLMA - Landscape Maintenance
Association - http://www.floridalma.org/
FMCA -
Florida Mosquito Control Association
- Florida Mosquito
Control Association
FNGLA - Florida Nurserymen,
Growers & Landscape Association - http://www.fngla.org
FPCA - Florida Pest Control
Association - http://www.fpca.org/
FPRA -
Florida
Park & Recreation Assoc - http://www.frpa.org/
FSHS -
Florida Society of
Horticultural Science - http://www.fshs.org/
FTGA -
Florida
Turfgrass Assoc -
Florida
Turfgrass Association
GCSAA - Golf
Course Superintendents Association of America - http://www.gcsaa.org/
GII - Green Industries Institute
- http://www.greenindustries.org/
ISA - Florida International Society
of Arborists - http://www.floridaisa.org/
NPMA - National Pest Management
Association - http://www.pestworld.org/
PLANET - (Merger of ALCA & PLCAA) -
http://www.landcarenetwork.org/cms/home.html
STMA -
Sports Turf Managers Association - http://www.stma.org/
TBWG - Tampa Bay Wholesale Growers
- http://www.tbwg.org/
Botanical Gardens
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens - http://www.selby.org/
The Florida Botanical Gardens - http://www.flbg.org/
Harry
P. Leu Botanical Gardens - http://www.leugardens.org/
Missouri Botanical
Garden - http://www.mobot.org/
Kew Royal Botanical Gardens -
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/
USF Botanical Garden -
http://www.cas.usf.edu/garden/
Hortworld.com's Guide to
Botanical Gardens - http://www.plantfinder.com/Gardens/bot.asp
ZoneTen.com's
guide to Botanical gardens -
http://www.zoneten.com/BotanicalGardens.htm
Certification
Programs (Hort)
Certified Arborist - http://www.floridaisa.org/
Certified Crop Advisor - http://www.agronomy.org/cca/
Florida Certified Horticulture
Professional -
http://www.fngla.org/certification/FCHP.asp
Florida Certified Landscape Designer
-
http://www.fngla.org/certification/FCLD.asp
Florida Certified Landscape
Contractor -
http://www.fngla.org/certification/FCLC.asp
Florida Certified Landscape
Technician -
http://www.fngla.org/certification/FCLT.asp
Entomology
Africanized
Honey Bees and Removal List
http://afbee.ifas.ufl.edu
Triology -
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/triology.html
Iowa State Entomology Index of
Internet Resources - http://www.ent.iastate.edu/list/
Coleoptera -
http://eny3005.ifas.ufl.edu/lab1/Coleoptera/Coleoptera.htm
Featured Creatures - http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/
Butterflies of North America -
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
BugBios - http://www.insects.org/ Wow - nice site! Great design, great photos
Government Agencies
Federal
EPA Home
Page - http://www.epa.gov/
USDA Home
Page - http://www.usda.gov/
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
State
DACS -
Homepage - http://doacs.state.fl.us/
Division of Plant Industry -
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/sitemap.html
Bureau
of Entomology & Pest Control
Home Page -
http://www.Floridaes.org/aes-ent/index.html
Find your inspector -
http://www.Floridaes.org/aes-ent/inspector.html
Pesticide CEU Class Search Page
-
http://www.safepesticideuse.com/complimonitoring/jvm_instructions.html
Pesticide Exam Scores (Secure Login)
-
http://www.safepesticideuse.com/complimonitoring/jvm_instructions.html
Pesticide Forms & Applications
-
http://www.Floridaes.org/aes-ent/formsandpubl.html
Disciplinary actions & Sensitive persons lists
-
http://www.Floridaes.org/aes-ent/memorandums.html
PCO Exam info & schedule -
http://www.Floridaes.org/aes-ent/examinfo.html
Laws & regulations -
http://www.Floridaes.org/complimonitoring/databasesearch/pesticidecertlicensinglawsandrules.html
Restricted use pesticide info - http://www.Floridaes.org/complimonitoring/databasesearch/applcert&licensing.html
Bureau of Compliance Monitoring - Pesticide certification &
licensing
http://www.Floridaes.org/complimonitoring/pesticidecertification.html
TRIOLOGY -
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/triology.html
Division
of Forestry - http://www.fl-dof.com/
Keetch - Bynam Drought Index -
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/wfas/wfas12.html
Department of
Environmental Protection - http://www.dep.state.fl.us/
Florida
Department of Labor & Employment Security - http://www.fdles.state.fl.us/
Florida
Agricultural Statistics Service - http://www.nass.usda.gov/fl/
Local
Hillsborough County
- http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/
City of Tampa -
http://www.tampagov.net/index.asp/
Temple Terrace - http://www.templeterrace.com/
Plant City - http://www.plantcity.com/
Strawberry Festival - http://www.flstrawberryfestival.com/
Manatee
County - http://www.co.manatee.fl.us/
Pinellas
County - http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/
Pasco County
- http://pascocountyfl.net/
Polk County -
http://www.polk-county.net/
Sarasota
County - http://www.co.sarasota.fl.us/
Horticulture - General Horticulture -
Homeowner
Ag
Research Services News and Information - http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/
TRIOLOGY -
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/triology.html
Palm Links - http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/vpe_links.htm the most complete list of palm links ever
Florida
Turf - http://floridaturf.com/
Betrocks Hortworld - http://www.hortworld.com/
Internet
Directory for Botany -
Internet Directory
for Botany - Alphabetical List
Taxonomy of Flowering Plants -
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/Wilson/tfp/hdwtfpbf98.htm
Horticulture
- Commercial
Commercial Floriculture at UF - http://hort.ufl.edu/floriculture/index.htm
National Gardening Association -
http://garden.org
Yard & Garden Solutions Series -
http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/index2.cfm?series=4
Misc Resource Links
USPS Zip code Lookups -
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
People Finder - http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/people.html
WordSmyth Dictionary/Thesaurus - http://www.wordsmyth.net/
Pest Control Resources
Pest Control Guide for Florida Turfgrass Managers -
http://turf.ufl.edu/pdf/2008
Best Management Practices Manual for
the Green Industry -
http://turf.ufl.edu/pdf/BMPmanual.pdf
Pesticide-Related
Links
Pesticide Information Office Links - http://pested.ifas.ufl.edu/
Pest Alert -
http://pests.ifas.ufl.edu/
Pesticide Labels - http://www.cdms.net/
Plant
Photos / Info
The US National Arboretum -
http://www.usna.usda.gov/
Plant Care - http://www.plantcare.com/
Zone Ten - http://www.zoneten.com/
Virtual Palm Encyclopedia - http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/vpe_index.htm
Native Texas Trees - http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/galleryindex1.htm
Tropical Plant Database - http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm
Tropicos - http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/image/iix266.html
UF Landscape
Plants Fact Sheets
http:hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/
Florida
Friendly Landscape and Online Plant Selection Database
http://www.floridayards.org/
Search Engines
Dogpile - http://www.dogpile.com/
Multiple search engines
Metacrawler - www.metacrawler.com
Multiple search engines
Ditto.com - http://www.ditto.com/
Visual search engine for images, photos
ixQuick - http://ixquick.com/
image search engine
HotSheet.com - http://www.hotsheet.com/
Ask.com -
http://www.askjeeves.com/ Natural
language search engine
Google - http://www.google.com/
Mamma.com - http://www.mamma.com/
Trade Magazines
GrowerTalks - http://www.growertalks.com/
Grounds
Maintenance - http://www.grounds-mag.com/
Lawn &
Landscape Magazine - http://www.lawnandlandscape.com/
InteriorScape magazine -
http://www.interiorscape.com/
Garden Center
Merchandising & Mgmt - http://www.greenbeam.com/
Greenhouse
Mgmt Pro - http://www.greenbeam.com/
Pest Control Magazine - http://www.pestcontrolmag.com/
Pest Control Technology Online - http://www.pctonline.com/
Trees
Trees of Florida - http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/ffws/tof.htm
Forest Resource Information -
http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/ffws/ffwshome.htm
Planting Trees
in the Landscape -
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/planting.html
Pruning
Shade Trees in the Landscape - http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/pruning/
Turf
Florida
Turf Website - http://floridaturf.com/
UF/IFAS Turfgrass website - http://turf.ufl.edu
Pest Control Guide for Florida Turfgrass Managers -
http://turf.ufl.edu/pdf/2008
Weather
Central Florida weather -
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/html/tbw/
Weather - http://www.wunderground.com/
Wildlife
Online Guide to Snakes of Florida -
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/FL-GUIDE/onlineguide.htm
This page last updated on 06/26/08