Links

Posted on October 9, 2011

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Rock Garden Societies
North American Rock Garden Society

NARGS offers its members the Rock Garden Quarterly, an annual seedlist, local chapter and national meetings & botanical field trips.
Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia Promotes an interest in the native plants of British Columbia and their preservation, and propagation and display of alpine plants.
Alpine Garden Society (UK)

For anyone interested in alpine plants, rock gardening and rock garden plants, in fact any small hardy plants and bulbs. (United Kingdom)
Calgary Rock & Alpine Garden Society A group interested in growing alpine plants in Calgary's challenging climate.
Great Lakes Chapter 200 Rock Garden enthusiasts, mostly from Michigan, who focus on plants of the alpine regions of the world but grow any unique or interesting plant.
Nova Scotia Rock Garden Club A rock gardening group which supports the Rock Garden at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society

Centuries of experience accumulated by a community of some of the keenest gardeners in the Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec area.
Quebec Alpine & Rock Garden Society Bilingual web site. Will help gardeners get together, promote interest & provide info on alpine & rock garden plants.
Scottish Rock Garden Club

Largest horticultural society in Scotland and considered by many to be the friendliest and most accessible in the World. Outstanding new website. Also see The International Rock Gardener, an on-line monthly magazine posted on their previous site.
Vancouver Island Rock and Alpine Garden Society An active group that takes regular trips in the Rockies locally.

Plant Societies
American Penstemon Society Advancing the knowledge of penstemons, their introduction into cultivation, and the development of new and improved cultivars.
American Primrose Society Increasing the general knowledge of the genus Primula: collection, growth, breeding, showing and use in the garden

Specialized Propagation Information
Clematis from Seed Detailed clematis propagation information from Brian Collingwood of the British Clematis Society
Kew Gardens' 'Difficult Seed Project' For information on the identification, handling, storage and use of ‘difficult’ seeds.
Pacific Bulb Society Detailed overview of germinating lilies with link to specific species

Botanical Gardens
Devonian Botanic Garden Edmonton, Alberta: 190 acre garden at the University of Alberta emphasizing alpine and cold-hardy plants.
Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden St. John, Newfoundland: of special interest for its cottage gardens, limestone rockery and scree, alpine house and peat and woodland beds.
Royal Botanical Gardens History, culture, science, recreation and beauty at the RBG in Burlington, Ontario.
Toronto Botanical Garden The Toronto Botanical Garden offers an array of 17 award-winning themed gardens spanning nearly four acres, designed to educate and inspire.
UBC Botanical Garden Excellent gardens on the UBC grounds.
Whistling Gardens Newly-opened facility features a conifer garden, floral displays, fountains, amphitheatre, marsh garden, and rock garden. Near Brantford, Ontario

Nomenclature and Taxonomy
Dr. Pavel Slaby's Rock Garden Plant Database Synonyms, short description, natural location, size, color, bloom, type, cultivation and propagation of 17518 species.
GRIN Taxonomy for Plants 46,000 species: Taxonomic data and nomenclature, scientific and common names, classification, distribution, references, and economic impacts.
International Plant Names Index Database of the names and basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes.
Missouri Botanical Garden MBOT's Plantfinder is useful for confirming the names of plants.
Royal Horticultural Society The reference used by ORG&HPS for standardizing plant names. Written in plain language.
The Plant List A project of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden combines data sets held by many collaborators. "One-stop shopping" to confirm spelling and the current and correct naming of species. A great time saver!
The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database A particularly useful site for cultivar names

Rock Gardens
Montreal Botanical Garden Montreal, Quebec: 4900 species of alpine, sub-alpine, arctic and sub-arctic plants from global mountainous and boreal regions. 30 additional themed gardens and 10 greenhouses to visit.
Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rock Garden 1/2 acre garden of local red granite featuring cactus bed, dry stream bed, cliff face, natural rock steps, dwarf conifers and alpine and saxatile plants.
Rockwall Gardens Amid the rugged natural rocks of Canadian Shield are display gardens featuring both proven species and others undergoing trials. Near Ottawa, Ontario.
Wrightman Alpines Outstanding alpine garden which includes dry-laid stone walls, flagstone pathways, tufa crevice gardens, hand-chiseled stone troughs, ponds and bogs. Near Sarnia, Ontario.

On-line magazines
THE INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDENER The International Rock Gardener is a monthly on-line magazine for rock gardeners. Gorgeous photography and great articles.