As a landscape maintenance professional you have a lot of things to worry about. Customer service, employees, and profitability, are just a few of the issues you deal with on a daily basis. Keeping yourself, your employees and even your customers educated is not at the top of your list of problems. Tracking down accurate and detailed information on trees, shrubs, pests and other problems can be a difficult and time consuming process. It's sometimes difficult to know if the information you find on the Internet is accurate and intended for your part of the state. For all those reasons, ProHort was created. Quick easy access to accurate and un-biased information 24/7.
Within one website you have access to a calendar of events for educating yourself and your employees. You also have access to hundreds of horticulture publications. These publications, when given to your customers, confirm that you're a knowledgeable professional and they lend the credibility of the University of Florida to your company. Growing Concerns, a horticulture newsletter specifically for professionals can help you and your employees stay up to date on the latest research and industry news.
Do you or your employees need to obtain
a pesticide license?
Click on the Florida Pesticide Licensing link.
Do you need CEUs to renew a pesticide
license?
Click on the Calendar of Events link.
Do you need to get your employees
certified?
Click on this Industry Certifications link.
Click on one of the links below:
Online Publications
Books and Other Publications
Research Publications
Professional Associations
Trade Magazines
Books, CD's and Other Publications
Your Florida Landscape - a Complete Guide to Planting and Maintenance - Black and Ruppert - With more than 30 faculty contributors, this complete resource covers trees, palms, shrubs, ground covers, and vines. Includes the latest research-based information on topics such as planting site evaluation, mulching, watering, fertilizing, pruning, common pests and beneficial insects. Over 240 color plates and 52 illustrations. 234 pp To order, see the website at http://ifasbooks.ufl.edu/ or call 352-392-1764. For credit card orders call 1-800-226-1764.
Your Florida Guide to Shrubs - Ed Gilman and R. J. Black - Written for everyone - from the homeowner with limited gardening skills to the landscape professional and property manager. Guides the reader through selecting and maintaining healthy shrubs for all landscape uses. Discusses exotic and native plants and includes a hardiness-zone map and a color, illustrated shrub selection guide. 116 pp. To order, see the website at http://ifasbooks.ufl.edu/ or call 352-392-1764. For credit card orders call 1-800-226-1764.
Your Florida Guide to Bedding Plants: Selection, Establishment and Maintenance - Gilman and Black - Learn how to select, plant and maintain over 60 flowering and ornamental plants in your home landscape. The book covers gardening in all growing regions of the state and features step-by-step instructions and photographs to help you plant simple containers or design and plant intricate flower beds and keep them attractive and disease-free. Includes sample landscape plans and a 24-page plant selector guide to help you tailor plants to specific growing areas, seasons and planting sites. 72 pp. To order, see the website at http://ifasbooks.ufl.edu/ or call 352-392-1764. For credit card orders call 1-800-226-1764.
Florida Lawn Handbook - K. C. Ruppert and R. J. Black. This popular guide for homeowners and yard-care professionals features sections on selecting and maintaining lawn grasses; identifying and controlling weeds, diseases, and insects and other pests; and pesticide application and uses. Includes quick-reference tables, black-and-white photographs and illustrations; 212 color plates, 224 pp. To order, see the website at http://ifasbooks.ufl.edu/ or call 352-392-1764. For credit card orders call 1-800-226-1764.
Florida Plant Selector - CD-ROM Finding the right plant for the right place can be a daunting task. The Florida Plant Selector is designed to make these decisions easier. By choosing conditions that match your specific requirements, you will be presented with a list of appropriate plants from which to choose. More than 600 Florida annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers are represented, with color photographs and detailed information about each plant. The disc also can be used to identify plants you don't recognize. Indexed by common and scientific names. Specify Windows 3.1 or Windows 95. To order, see the website at http://ifasbooks.ufl.edu/ or call 352-392-1764. For credit card orders call 1-800-226-1764
Horticopia CD-Rom Series - 2001. Enormous database
of 10,000 plants with 25,000 color photos combined with management, culture and
botanical data and test. Available at www.horticopia.com/
Online Publications
Tree Selection - numerous publications useful for
the selection of trees
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/treeselection.htm
Tree Care - numerous publications useful for the maintenance of trees
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/treecare.htm
Shrub Selection - numerous publications useful for
the selection of shrubs
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/shrubselect.htm
Shrub Care - numerous publications useful for the maintenance of shrubs
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/shrubcare.htm
Groundcover Selection - numerous publications useful for
the selection of trees
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/gcselection.htm
Groundcover Care - numerous publications useful for the maintenance
of trees
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/careforgc.htm
Palm Selection - numerous publications useful for
the selection of trees
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/palmsel.htm
Palm Care - numerous publications useful for the maintenance of trees
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/palmcare.htm
Planting Trees in Landscapes by Dr Ed Gilman - An excellent resource. tons of information, lots of pictures and links. http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/planting/
Pruning Shade Trees in Landscapes by Dr Ed Gilman - An excellent resource. Much good information, lots of links and photos. http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/pruning/
Featured Creatures - http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/
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An EXTENSIVE list of insect and related pests of Florida. Includes
biology,
habits and control recommendations.
Pest Control Guide for Turfgrass Managers
- http://turf.ufl.edu/PestControl.htm
Contains information concerning pesticides
that can be used for controlling pests in turfgrass.
Research Publications
Research Summaries of Paspalum -
http://turf.ufl.edu/research/abstractpg.htm
Professional Associations
Association of Horticulture Professionals (AHP) -
www.allhortpros.com/
Florida landscapers who hold the Limited Commercial
Maintenance license
and are working to increase industry compliance
Landscape Maintenance Association (LMA) -
www.floridalma.org/
Florida landscape maintenance professionals
& vendors
Florida Turfgrass Association (FTGA) -
www.ftga.org
Florida golf course professionals, sod
growers, landscapers, vendors and pest control companies
American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) -
http://www.anla.org/
National association of landscapers,
growers and vendors
Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) -
http://www.landcarenetwork.org/cms/home.html
merger of ALCA (American Landscape
Contractors Assoc) and PLCAA
(Professional Lawn Care Association of America)
Trade Magazines
This page last updated on 05/27/08