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Australian Garden History Society
Researching, enjoying and preserving Australia's gardening heritage horticulture landscape design and architecture.
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au/ 

Australian Open Garden Scheme lists 777 gardens Australia wide, open to the public for about $4 each. In South Australia there are 67 and mostly open from mid August to mid June.
The current guide book of 240 pages is available at ABC bookshops and many newsagents for $14.95, if you are travelling interstate it is a good buy and a valuable aid to garden snooping. Their website is opengarden.abc.net.au

AustraliaRealEstateDirectory.com is designed to be your one-stop destination for anything you can think of that is about or related to Australia Real Estate including gardening .
AustraliaRealEstateDirectory.com 

Australian Rose Network
This is a free rose exchange for amateur rose growers and rose lovers who would like to propagate roses at the backyard. People can swap cuttings, rooted cuttings or rose plants, seeds.
http://storeshosting.com/cgi-bin/roseexchange/discus/discus.cgi

Barossa Daylilies
hobby daylily growers, situated in the Barossa region of South Australia.
http://www.users.on.net/~daylilies/ 

Biological Control of Insects in home gardens and in particular parasitic nematodes that control insect infestations. EcoGrow, PO Box 240 Monbulk Vic. 3793 at www.greennem.com.au

Birds Australia
In October this year Birds Australia is launching an Endangered Species campaign in order to bring the state of our native birds to the attention of all Australians and to a worldwide audience in order to precipitate action.
A vital and exciting component of the campaign will be a live broadcast  attached to the Birds Australia website at www.birdsaustralia.com.au   Site. Visitors will find themselves following the progress of a family of  Peregrine Falcons and Tawny Frogmouth Owls, and watching new lives emerge,  from hatchlings to fledglings.

Bromeliads according to Derek Butcher a local fanatic claims this Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies is the best at www.fcbs.org

Carnivorous Plants, this is the site of the Australian Carnivorous Plants Society, that has their digital headquarters in Adelaide at http://www.acps.org.au/

Chillies for Growers and aficionados will know this one as The Chilli Press in Sydney, well Manly actually at www.chillipress.com.au
The 7th Fiery Food Festival is to be held in Manly CBD (that's across the Sydney Harbour on a ferry if you are an out-of-towner) this year Monday 2nd August  to Sunday 8th August 2004 is local Hotels, restaurants, cafes and delis. Daily details on their website and accommodation on www.manlytourism.com.au  

Climate and Weather Data, The Bureau of Meteorology [BoM] is a must see at www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages

Clivia seed sales, for those really spectacular new colours, such as yellow, cream, apricot and orange, here's your seed source on an ebay Australia gardening site that Rob McIntyre maintains and sells Australia wide, except to WA as those in the west will realise; their local quarantine laws pretty well rule out amateurs selling them sell from anywhere! www.stores.ebay.com.au/gardeningshop

Downes Wholesale Nursery & Plants Sydney
Downes Wholesale Nursery Sydney is one of the largest plant suppliers to the landscape and development industry. With over 500 species, we offer a variety Australian native and exotic trees, shrubs, groundcovers and perennials from semi advanced through to super advanced and semi-mature stock. www.downesnursery.com.au

Fern aficionado, Keith Rogers at Mannum SA, where he has some superb images of ferns and cultural advice and a spore bank that attracts international interest www.LM.net.au/~kerogers

Friends of the Botanic Gardens, for their on-line book catalogue and information of guided walks and things to do and see at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, as well as Mount Lofty and Wittunga Botanic Gardens at Blackwood SA at www.fbga.asn.au

Gardens Open
Gardens open offers you the facility to search for beautiful gardens that are open regularly or by appointment throughout Australia. http://www.gardensopen.com.au/

Gardening Resources
Gardening related news, books and web resources
http://www.utyx.com/gardening/

Garlic Information for Growers and recipes, on The Garlic Page at www.garlicpage.com/grow.html

Gift Baskets - GiftTree.com offers beautiful gift basket designs for all your special occasions.
Our unique baskets are filled with fresh fruit, premium wine & champagne, gourmet treats & more!
www.giftree.com

Glyphosate problems in the rootzone: Current research at Hohenheim University in Stuttgart, Germany by Gunter Neumann and his research team, summary paper titled "Relevance of glyphosate transfer to non-target plants via the rhizosphere". This explains a common problem we see in Adelaide gardens of roses with almost white leaves, likely caused by glyphosate in the rootzone causing soil sterility and absence of nutrient uptake. The jury is still out on a remedy, but increasing soil micro-organisms might be a start. Try worm by products, activated carbon and compost, then water soluble nutrients. click to download Adobe PDF file

Heirloom Tomatoes, Over 60 varieties of great organically grown Heirloom Tomato seeds.  Heirloom tomatoes just can't be beat for their outstanding flavour and the beauty they add to recipes and dishes with their many shapes, sizes, and colours. www.heirloomtomatoes.bizland.com

Indoor Plant Maintenance, a first rate guide to thousands of popular indoor plants and how to maintain them. Of particular importance is the entry that details what household and personal odours they absorb. See www.plantcare.com Another site that also details the odours aspect is www.wolvertonenvironmental.com where the author of the original NASA research into this topic is published.

Insect Identification, try the CSIRO Entomology Department at www.ento.csiro.au/

Laughton Park Garden & Tearooms
For the garden enthusiasts Laughton Park Gardens is an attractive stop over while sightseeing. 
http://www.laughtonpark.com/

Native Plants for your garden at www.greenweb.com.au/native6b.htm
(just a word of caution, that is a number 6 that follows native in the URL)

Native Plants in South Australia, here is the SA connection for the Australian Plant Society at http://members.iweb.net.au/~sgap/

Native Plants: Nationally, maintained by the Australian Plant Society, that was until recently known as the Society for Growing Australian Plants or SGAP, now found at http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/apoline.html

Pergola Land can design and build a pergola or curved roofing pergola for you that extends the living area of your home, but still captures the outdoor atmosphere - that's the beauty of quality pergolas. http://www.pergolaland.com.au/

Permaculture Association of South Australia, for folk who seek to grow their garden or farm in harmony with lots of minor and edible plants, animals and insects, check this at http://www.users.bigpond.com/brookman/PASAindex.html

Primary Industries & Resources SA, is the state department that handles, agriculture, horticulture at home and on the broadacre, forestry, revegetation, pest control, farm chemicals and livestock enquiries and extension. For specific publications, CD-ROMS and testing services relating to earthworms, weeds, fertilizers and nutrition, soil, trees, viticulture, spiders and insects, home garden fruit, fruit drying, fruit pests & diseases, berries, olives, nuts, vegetables, herbs, turf, hydroponics, floriculture as well as diagnostic services for soil and plant analysis, plant diseases and insect identification try their information web site at http://www.on.net/clients/supersystem/clients/pirsa/resources/enter.cgi Their office is at Level 2 Mobilong House, Seventh Street, Murray Bridge 5253 and they have an extensive free catalogue of publications and services available on request.

Plant Breeders Rights [PBR] is the Commonwealth agency that protects registered plants and they have a 2500 entry MSExcel spread sheet of all the data you require to identify the holder of any registered plant and to check the status of any pending. Regularly updated at www.affa.gov.au/agfor/pbr/pbr.html

Plants for a Future, is a 7000 strong data base of edible and useful plants at www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/D_common.html (if you have any trouble accessing this one don’t overlook the underline mark after the capital D.)

See why daylilies are the perfect perennial, Daylilies, native of the orient are perfect for ornamental gardens, container gardening, perennial landscaping and much more.
http://www.daylily-garden-perennials.com

The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
Commanding superb views of the spectacular and ancient Flinders Ranges, the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden showcases a range of arid zone environments within an area of more than 200 hectares. http://www.australian-aridlands-botanic-garden.org/

Tropical Orchids wholesaler for keen importers: G.G.D Trading ( Thailand ) Co. Ltd. located in Bangkok Thailand . They grow and export Dendrobium, Alanda Makara, Vanda, Oncidium etc. as plants and cut flowers. www.bangkokflower.com

Water fountains, Aqua Fountains of Bentley Vic. supply decorative hand made water features, outdoor and indoor water fountains. A strikingly styled selection of home office and garden-themed water features, where you click on the image to reveal price and order at www.aquafountains.com.au

Water-Wise Garden have a comprehensive CD-ROM (for both PC & Macintosh platforms) for frugal water users in dry climates called "Colourful Water-Wise Gardening". It's an illustrated A-Z index for 450 plants and several sections to access information in different ways. Available at $29.95 from Dymocks Booksellers or direct from the publisher "The Water Wise Garden" PO Box 47 Torrensville SA 5031, phone 08 8352 5720, fax 08 8351 8832. Their website is www.thewaterwisegarden.com

Weed Identification, try the Tamar Valley Weed Strategy Group in Tasmania, after all weeds are pretty universal and this is impressive at www.tassie.net.au/TVWS.Weeds

Roses 

David Austin Roses, as well as Meilland, Guillot and Delbard roses from The Flower Garden on Shakes Road at Nairne in the Adelaide Hills SA 5252, The Flower Garden is open: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10 - 5 every month of the year except February. 
We are happy to open by appointment Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and through February.
Roses for the enthusiast at www.flowergarden.com.au

Ross Roses at Willunga SA, celebrating their 100 years in the Rose business in 2002, with a most memorable rose catalogue. Check their site for details at www.rossroses.com.au

Knight's Roses near Gawler SA, breeders and wholesale propagators since 1963 of fine sun hardy roses, including their award winning Australian bred 'Climbing Kardinal': a stunning deep red climber or pole rose with great disease resistance. Check their site at www.knightsroses.com.au