Web Links

SGA is not affilated with any of these sites and we cannot be held responsible for their content.

Eco Voice: www.ecovoice.com.au

Australian Nature Live: www.snakeshow.net

Australian SeedSavers Network: www.seedsavers.net

Certified Compost: www.certifiedcompost.com.au

In My Backyard - Get children gardening: www.imby.org.au

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation: www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au

ACS Garden: www.acsgarden.com

Bugs for Bugs: www.bugsforbugs.com.au

Enviro-Friendly Products: www.enviro-friendly.com

Flora Victoria: www.floravictoria.com

Green Pages Directory: greenpagesaustralia.com.au

Native Seeds: www.nativeseeds.com.au

Weeds: www.weeds.org.au

Wilderness Society Timber Shop: www.timbershop.wilderness.org.au

Australian Open Garden Scheme: www.opengarden.org.au

Fig Tree Community Garden: www.figtree.org.au

Gardenup biodynamic farm: gardenup.mysouthwest.com.au

Alternative Technology Association: www.ata.org.au

National Centre for Sustainability: www.ncsustainability.com.au

Waste Wise WA: www.zerowastewa.com.au

Australian Conservation Foundation: www.acfonline.org.au/greenhome

Sustainable Homes: www.sustainablehomes.vic.gov.au

Sustainability Street - It's a village out there!: www.voxbandicoot.com.au/sustainability_street.html

Wonderful World Media: www.wonderfulworldmedia.net

Watermark Australia: www.watermarkaustralia.org.au

Environment Victoria: www.envict.org.au

Greenfoot: www.greenfoot.com.au

Check your sustainability footprint: www.myfootprint.org

Aussies Living Simply: www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au

Melbourne Museum Water Smart Home and Garden: www.museum.vic.gov.au

Green Gardeners: www.greengardeners.com.au

The Green Directory: www.thegreendirectory.com.au

Gardens for Wildlife (Vic): www.knox.vic.gov.au

Green Plumbers: www.greenplumbers.com.au

Swan River Trust: www.swanrivertrust.wa.gov.au

Save Water: www.savewater.com.au

Stormwater Action Program (Vic): www.epa.vic.gov.au/stormwater

Water Corporation: www.watercorporation.com.au

Nursery & Gardening Industry Australia: www.ngia.com.au

Australian Plants Society Victoria: apsvic.org.au

Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants: asgap.org.au

Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria: www.rhsv.org.au

Nursery & Garden Industry Victoria: www.ngiv.com.au

The Australian Native Nurseries Group: www.australiaplants.com.au

Greening Australia: www.gavic.org.au

Landscape Industries Association of Victoria: www.liav.com.au

Garden Centres Association of Australia: www.gardencentresaust.com.au

Bird Observers: www.birdobservers.org.au

Environs Australia: www.environs.org.au

Weedbusters: www.weedbusterweek.info.au

Wildflower Society of Western Australia: www.ozemail.com.au/-wildflowers/

Sustainability Victoria: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au

Dept of Agriculture and Food (WA): www.agric.wa.gov.au

Dept Sustainability & Environment (Vic): www.dse.vic.gov.au

Our Water Our Future (Vic): www.ourwater.vic.gov.au

Greenhouse (Vic): www.greenhouse.vic.gov.au

Parks Victoria: www.parkweb.vic.gov.au

Melbourne Water: www.melbournewater.com.au

EPA Victoria: www.epa.vic.gov.au

Dept. of Primary Industries Pest Plants List (Vic): www.dpi.vic.gov.au

EcoDirectory – Australia’s guide to sustainable living: www.ecodirectory.com.au

Books

Design

Urquhart, P., 1999, The New Native Garden - designing with Australian plants, published by Landsdowne.

General Gardening

Byrne, 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 Guys

Australasian 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 Selection

Elliot, 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 & Diseases

Kerruish, 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 Gardening

Bartley, 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 Compost

Handreck, 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.

Weeds

Blood, 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 Environment

Pittock, 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