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Gardening Related Web SitesACS Garden: www.acsgarden.com Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants: asgap.org.au The Australian Native Nurseries Group: www.australiaplants.com.au Australian Open Garden Scheme: www.opengarden.org.au Australian Plants Society Victoria: apsvic.org.au Australian SeedSavers Network: www.seedsavers.net Bugs for Bugs: www.bugsforbugs.com.au Certified Compost: www.certifiedcompost.com.au Fig Tree Community Garden: www.figtree.org.au Flora Victoria: www.floravictoria.com Food From The Garden: www.food-from-the-garden.com Garden Centres Association of Australia: www.gardencentresaust.com.au Gardenup biodynamic farm: gardenup.mysouthwest.com.au In My Backyard – Get children gardening: www.imby.org.au The Living Soil: www.the-living-soil.com Native Seeds: www.nativeseeds.com.au Nursery & Gardening Industry Australia: www.ngia.com.au Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria: www.rhsv.org.au Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation: www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au Weedbusters: www.weedbusterweek.info.au Weeds: www.weeds.org.au Wildflower Society of Western Australia: www.ozemail.com.au/-wildflowers/ Environmentally Focussed Web SitesAlternative Technology Association: www.ata.org.au Aussies Living Simply: www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au Australian Conservation Foundation: www.acfonline.org.au/greenhome Australian Nature Live: www.snakeshow.net Bird Observers: www.birdobservers.org.au Check your sustainability footprint: www.myfootprint.org EcoDirectory – Australia’s guide to sustainable living: www.ecodirectory.com.au Eco Voice: www.ecovoice.com.au Enviro-Friendly Products: www.enviro-friendly.com Environment Victoria: www.envict.org.au Environs Australia: www.environs.org.au Ethical Consumer Guide : www.ethical.org.au Gardens for Wildlife (Vic): www.knox.vic.gov.au The Green Directory: www.thegreendirectory.com.au Greenfoot: www.greenfoot.com.au Greening Australia: www.gavic.org.au Green Pages Directory: www.thegreenpages.com.au/ Green Plumbers: www.greenplumbers.com.au Landscape Industries Association of Victoria: www.liav.com.au Melbourne Water: www.melbournewater.com.au National Centre for Sustainability: www.ncsustainability.com.au Save Water: www.savewater.com.au Sustainable Homes: www.sustainablehomes.vic.gov.au Sustainability Street – It’s a village out there!: www.voxbandicoot.com.au/sustainability_street.html Sustainable Melbournewww.sustainablemelbourne.com/ This Sustainable House: www.thissustainablehouse.com.au Waste Wise WA: www.zerowastewa.com.au Water Corporation: www.watercorporation.com.au Watermark Australia: www.watermarkaustralia.org.au Wilderness Society Timber Shop: www.timbershop.wilderness.org.au Wonderful World Media: www.wonderfulworldmedia.net Government Sustainability Related Web SitesDept of Agriculture and Food (WA): www.agric.wa.gov.au Dept. of Primary Industries Pest Plants List (Vic): www.dpi.vic.gov.au Dept Sustainability & Environment (Vic): www.dse.vic.gov.au EPA Victoria: www.epa.vic.gov.au Greenhouse (Vic): www.greenhouse.vic.gov.au Melbourne Museum Water Smart Home and Garden: www.museum.vic.gov.au Our Water Our Future (Vic): www.ourwater.vic.gov.au Parks Victoria: www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Stormwater Action Program (Vic): www.epa.vic.gov.au/stormwater Sustainable Melbourne: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au Sustainability Victoria: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au Swan River Trust: www.swanrivertrust.wa.gov.au BooksDesignUrquhart, P., 1999, The New Native Garden – designing with Australian plants, published by Landsdowne. General GardeningByrne, J., 2006, The Green Gardener, published by Viking (Penguin). Walsh, K., 2004, 3rd edition, Waterwise Gardening, published by Reed New Holland. Yates Garden Guide, published by Harper Collins Good GuysAustralasian Biological Control Association, The Good Bug Book, www.goodbugs.org.au Davenport, J., 2006, The Garden Guardians, published by Imaginality. Lindsey, T., Green Guide – Spiders, published by New Holland. Other books in the Green Guide series include: Snakes and other Reptiles; Frogs; Birds; Parrots; and Mammals. Plant SelectionElliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L., Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, published by Lothian. Jones, D. & B., Native Plants of Melbourne, published by Bloomings Books. Peate, N., MacDonald, G., & Talbot, A., 2006, Third Edition, Grow What Where, published by Bloomings Books. Romanowski, 1998, Aquatic and Wetland Plants, published by the University of New South Wales Press (UNSWP) Scott, R., et al, 2002, Indigenous Plants of the Sandbelt (south-east Melbourne), published by Earthcare St Kilda. Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M., 2003, 5th Edition, Australian Native Plants, published by Reed New Holland Pests & DiseasesKerruish, R.M. & Unger, P.W., Plant Protection 1,2 & 3, 3rd editions (3 books in the series), published by RootRot Press, ACT. McMaugh, J., 2001, What Garden Pest or Disease is That? published by New Holland. Woodward, P., Pest-Repellent Plants, published by Hyland House. Produce GardeningBartley, J.R., 2006, Designing the New Kitchen Garden (American book so watch planting times and plant selection), published by Timber Press. Blazey, C., 1999, The Australian Vegetable Garden, New Holland publishers Cushing, H., 2005, Beyond Organics, published by ABC Books. King, M., 2006, Garden Feast, published by Allen & Unwin. Shipard, I., 2007, How Can I Use Herbs in My Daily Life? 3rd edition, published by David Stewart, Nambour Woodward, P., An Australian Herbal, published by Hyland House. Yates Garden Guide, published by Harper Collins Gilbert, A., 2007, Citrus, published by Hyland House. Soil and CompostHandreck, K., Gardening Down Under – A guide to healthier soils and plants, 2004, 2nd Edition, published by Landlinks. Simons, M., 2004, Resurrection in a Bucket (The Rich and Fertile Story of Compost), published by Allen & Unwin. WeedsBlood, K., 2001, Environmental Weeds – A Field Guide for SE Australia, published by CH Jerram Science Publishers. French, J., 2006, Organic Control of Common Weeds, published by Aird Books, Melbourne Muyt, A., 2001, Bush Invaders of South-East Australia, published by RG and FJ Richardson. The Wider EnvironmentPittock, A.B., 2006, Climate Change – Turning up the Heat, CSIRO Publishing. Suzuki, D. & Dressel, H., 2003, Good News for a Change (how everyday people are helping the planet), published by Allen & Unwin |
