Resources
Computer Software/Details | General
Interest & Forums | Graphics |
History & Education |
International |
Landscape Design Equipment |
Law Issues |
Order forms |Plants & Details |
Publications |
Site Furnishings & Art
| Suggested
Booklist
| Sustainability | Water Use
The links below are rich with information for the serious garden designer, and gardener.
Computer Software/ Details:
- Cad Details
- GardenGraphics (Dynascape Cad software)
- Gardensoft USA (PlantMaster/ Gardenworks software)
- DigArts Software
- VectorWorks Landmark
General Interest and Forums:
- Garden Web Design Forum
- Ground Trades Xchange
- LandscapeOnline
- Landscape Design Exchange
- Gardennet
- Urban Parks Institute
- Security Design Coalition
Graphics:
History and Education:
- Archives of American Gardens
- Columbia University Master of Science in Landscape Design
- Contemporary Landscape Inquiry Project
- Garden Database
- History of Garden Design
- History of Landscape Architecture
- Landscape Architecture Virtual Library
- Morton Arboretum
- New York Botanical Garden Continuing Education
- The Landscape Institute of The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
- University of Massachusetts Extension Program
International:
- Landscape Design Trust - UK
- The Landscape Institute - UK
- Society of Garden Designers- UK
- Garden Designer-UK
- Gardendesign-uk
- International Japanese Garden Association
- Japanese Garden Database
- The European Foundation of Landscape Architecture
- UK Garden Designer
Landscape Design Equipment
Law Issues:
Order Forms
- Guidelines to Hiring a Landscape Designer Brochure Order Form
- Calendar Order Form
- Mailing List
- Environmentally Responsible Landscape Brochure Order Form
- Be a Landscape Designer
Plants and Details:
- Internet Directory for Botany (100's of plant & garden links)
- Hortpages (Horticultural Directory)
- Find Plants
- Backyard Gardener
- TerraNova Nursery (new perennial introductions)
- Designers Worldwide Resource Directory
- Plants National Database
- Oregon State University Plant Database
- Minnesota Sustainable Landscape Plants Database
- Michigan State University Ornamental Plants Database
- Ohio State Plant List Database
- Community Trees
- TreeLink
- National Arboretum
- Native Landscaping
- Sustainable Landscape Design
- Foliage Home Page
Publications :
- Fine Gardening
- Garden Design Magazine
- Land Lines (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
- Lawn and Landscape
- The Garden Letter
Site Furnishings and Art:
- BloomingDoor.com
- Custom Ironwork
- FountainFinder.com
- John Sonnier, Sculpture
- Landscape Lighting Institute
- Landscape forms - Site furnishings
- Landscape Direct - Product & service resource
- Landscape Lighting - Nightorbs illuminate gardens and water features with artistic beauty.
- Spa and Hot Tub Covers
- Swimming Pools
Suggested Booklist
NOTE: Check out alibris.com or abebooks.com for help in finding out-of-print books, powells.com for new or used books, or go to the ASLA Bookstore, amazon.com, Builders Book Source or amerinursery.com for new books!
Graphics:
- Ching, Francis D. K. Design Drawing.VanNostrand Reinhold: NEW York: 1998 (with CD)
- Reid, Grant W., ASLA. Landscape Graphics
- VanDyke, Scott. Design Graphics Communication. PDA Publishers Corp: West Layfayette, Indiana. 1982
Art Principles & Design:
- Booth & Hiss, Residential Landscape Architecture
- Brookes, John. The Book of Garden Design
- Crowe, Sylvia. Garden Design
- Dillard, Tara, Beautiful by Design: Stunning Blueprints for Harmonious Gardens, Sterling Publishing
- Dillard, Tara, The Garden View: Designs for Beautiful Landscapes, Sterling Publishing
- Grant & Grant. Garden Design Illustrated
- Hannebaum, LeRoy G. Landscape Design, A Practical Approach. Prentice Hall, 1998
- Pierceall, Greg. Residential Landscapes: Graphics, Planning and Design.Waveland Press: 1994
Business:
- Lerner, Joel M. Landscape Professional's Marketing & Sales Sourcebook, 1993
- Rogers, Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture, 1994
- Sharkey, Ready, Set, Practice, 1996
History:
- Berrall, The Garden
- Jellicoe, The Landscape of Man
- Jellicoe, Goode, & Lancaster, The Oxford Companion to Gardens
- Moore, Mitchell, Turnbull, The Poetics of Gardens
- Newton, Design on the Land
We are looking for nursery associations from the various states, as well as trade organizations, and associations that directly benefit the landscape professional.
Please e-mail to add links / books