Resources
Guides, gardens, and great websites.
Watershed ApproachA comprehensive guide of effective and sustainable Bay Area landscape design. I WANT IT
Strategic Tree PlantingA helpful guide that outlines a strategic approach to tree planting with support for young trees. I WANT IT
Will Call ChecklistCheck out this handy checklist before you arrive to pick up your plants in will call. I WANT IT
Pollinator Plant ListAn extensive list of pollinator-friendly plants for Bay Area landscapes. I WANT IT
Trade Organizations
California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers
Trade organization that promotes the nursery, lawn and garden industry. Includes gardening resources, event and career information.
California Landscape Contractors Association
The California Landscape Contractors Association is a non-profit trade organization of licensed landscape and landscape-related contractors.
Association of Professional Landscape Designers
The Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) is an international organization with a mission to advance the profession of landscape design and to promote the recognition of landscape designers as qualified and dedicated professionals.
American Society of Landscape Architects
The Society’s mission is to lead, to educate, and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of our cultural and natural environments.
American society of Consulting Arborists
The industry’s premier professional association focusing solely on arboricultural consulting by providing a comprehensive, objective viewpoint to the diagnosis, appraisal and evaluation of arboricultural issues.
Plant Research
California Native Plant Society
The CNPS is a non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation and conservation of California native plants through science, education, and conservation.
California Horticultural Society
An educational, non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together gardeners and garden professionals to share experiences.
Pacific Horticulture magazine
In addition to being considered one of the finest gardening magazines in the US, they also host a variety of events, lectures and educational opportunities including regional symposia and travel tours throughout the world.
Gardens
Magnificent Bay Area Public Gardens
World-class, public gardens here in the Bay Area that demonstrate and display the beauty, diversity and opportunity of what a landscape can be.
American Garden Archives of Smithsonian Institution
The Archives of American Gardens (AAG) currently documents over 6,350 gardens throughout the United States from the 1870’s to the present including written documentation, drawings, plans and business files.
American Horticultural Society
Connect to great gardens around the world, gardening education for all levels of skill, sources of information on any garden subject imaginable, and a community of gardeners eager to share their experiences, other great gardening events, and activities, and much, much more.
American Public Gardens Association
Professional association for public gardens in North America. Information for members and the public, with a featured garden.
Education | History
History of Garden Design
History of garden design beginning with the pools and hanging plants of the Egyptians and Persians.
Landscape Architecture Virtual Library
Landscape Architecture Professional Practice (UC Berkeley, Library)
Morton Arboretum
Collects and studies trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world; features searchable plant information database, educational programs.
The Landscape Institute of The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
The Landscape Institute at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University continues to thrive as part of the arboretum.
Our Recycling Program saves over 200,000 plant containers from landfill every month.
