Web Directory

» About Landscaping
   Information for homeowners on hardscape and softscape elements in landscape design. Includes a chat room and forum.
   http://landscaping.about.com

» Basic Principles of Landscape Design
   Essay explaining how to combine elements of art and science to create a functional, aesthetic landscape.
   http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG086

» Better Homes and Gardens: Garden Design
   A collection of articles on creating gardens, mostly taking the form of short tips and tricks.
   http://www.bhg.com/gardening/design/

» Conway School of Landscape Design
   Massachusetts based graduate program of environmentally sound site design and land use planning.
   http://www.csld.edu/

» Heirloom Gardens: Living Antiques Find Places Around Homes
   Article on heriloom gardens as living history. Includes stories on Spanish influence, African American heritage, German gardens, English garden influences, and French Courtyard gardens.
   http://agnewsarchive.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/HORT/HEIRLOOM.HTM

» IPM-Based Landscape Design
   Discusses specific design and construction practices to help minimize the reliance on pesticides.
   http://www.efn.org/~ipmpa/des-cnsd.html

» Landscape Design School
   Home study course to help prepare the student for a career as a professional landscape designer.
   http://www.landscape-designer.co.nz

» Plants of Horticulture
   Photos and text describing over 600 ornamental plants. A database from Ohio State University.
   http://plantfacts.osu.edu/

» Sustainable Urban Landscape
   Using the criteria of sustainability to develop landscapes to conserve resources, restrict chemical use and reduce labor inputs.
   http://www.sustland.umn.edu/index.html

» The Wise Gardener
   Tropical gardening site combines articles about tropical plants with a forum and tropical landscape design.
   http://www.thewisegardener.com/

» Wise Water-Use Landscape
   Planning and designing an attractive, useful, and water efficient landscape.
   http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_2.html