SQIT - Horticulture Faculty Web Site

Southern Queensland
Institute of TAFE

Links of Interest

Nursery and Landscape Gardening

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission

Nursery And Garden Industry Queensland (formerly QNIA)

Gardening Australia

Garden Web Glossary of Botanical Terms

Comprehensive resource of botanical terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture.

Society for Growing Australian Plants

Retail

Redlands Nursery

Torrington Landscape Nursery

Brindabella Country Gardens

Production

Practical Hydroponics and Greenhouses

A bi-monthly magazine concerned about soilless culture. Offers links to back issues as well as the current.

GTG Hydroponics

Hydroponic, Organic, and Indoor Gardening, also featuring symptoms of nutrition disorders.

Landscape design

Groundforce

Backyard Blitz

Botany

Virtual Cell

The Plant Cell

University of Wisconsin Phylum Directory

Journey into the Cell

Cell structure and Function

Plant Naming

Curious scientific names

Google Taxonomy Web Directory

Just follow the taxonomy map and trace a plant from kingdom to species.

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Key to Willows of Australia

Bulb images

Name changes to Queensland plants

Indoor Plantscaping

Plants for Clean air Council

Indoor Plants

Pests and Diseases

Tamar Valley Weed Strategy  

Great weed info site with graphics and listings by common name – also offers biological solutions.

CSIRO Australian Insect Common and Scientific Names

CSIRO Australian Ants Online

CSIRO Nematode Database

Information about nematodes, interactive keys, info and advice.

Pest Genie

Selection of chemical controls for selected pests with product labels and Material Safety Data Sheets.

Biological Pest Control Service

Products and information on biological control, and some good links.

The Butterfly Website

Comprehensive articles on all things related to butterflies including, life cycle, behaviour, butterfly and moth rearing and butterfly gardening.

Plant Protection Act 1989

Plant Protection Regulation 2002

Chemical registration

Australian Quarantine Inspection Service

AQIS provides quarantine inspection services for animals and plants into Australia, and inspection and certification for a range of animal and plant products exported from Australia.

Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Department of Primary Industries (DPI)

Department of Primary Industries (DPI) - Horticulture

Landscaping

Organic Gardening

A local site, which aims to promote organic gardening. It has some interesting articles ranging from how to grow vegetables and make compost, to how to build a hothouse.

Ninja Bonsai

Well-constructed site with the history of bonsai, pictures, shaping and styles of bonsais.

Plants

Australian Plants Online

The online magazine of the Society for Growing Australian Plants.

Australian Plants Botany and Horticulture Links

Links include: Australian National Botanic gardens, Australian Biodiversity Information, Centre for plant Biodiversity and Research.

The vegetable patch

Great site with separate profiles on vegetables, specific regional information and more.

Horticulture in Australia

Provides access to research, development and marketing information for Australia's commercial horticulture industries - with links in numerous categories.

Gardens on line

Featuring a garden doctor, state by state planting calendar, seasonal garden tasks and an extensive plant database.

OzFlorEx

Official website of the Australian Floral Industry.

Australian Native Plants

Images of Australian Natives in alphabetic order, from the Australian National Botanic Gardens and the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research.

Heaton's Wholesale Fern Nursery

Spore Growers of Quality Ferns based in Nambour, Queensland.

Nindethana Seed Service Pty Ltd

Australian Native Seed Catalogue.

Environmental Practices

CSIRO Land and Water

Queensland Environmental Protection Agency

Australian Conservation Foundation

Department of the Environment and Heritage

Commonwealth Environment Site has heaps of links to environmental sites including – Australian heritage commission, legislation, RAMSAR, as well as publications for free.

Greening Australia

Queensland Frog Society

Frog news, pictures, upcoming events and a service for frog questions.

Australian Weather Watch Radar

Colour coded radar, following rainfall in specific areas in Australia, updated every 10 minutes.

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Angiosperm Phylogeny Website

Native Bees

Australian Stingless Native Bees

Aussie Bee

Other Links

CSIRO Entomology - About Insects

CSIRO Information Sheets and Articles on Weed Biological Control

Green Harvest

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

New Gippsland Seeds and Bulbs

Nutri-Tech Solutions Pty Ltd

The Families of Flowering Plants

The Royal Horticultural Society

What's Its Name?

A concise database of plant names and name changes for Australia.

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