VIRGINIA

www.Virginia.com   - Information about the Commonwealth and business links

Resources

Horticulture Info for Consumers VirginiaGardening.com

Virginia Tech Extension Main Page http://www.ext.vt.edu/

VA Tech Extension Publications Online http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/

Insect ID Lab http://www.everest.ento.vt.edu/Facilities/OnCampus/IDInfo.html

Information on Pesticide Licensing http://www.vtpp.ext.vt.edu/

For Material Safety Data Sheets or Pesticide Labels, try the following site: http://www.cdms.net/pfa/LupdateMsg.asp

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) http://www.osha.gov

List of Virginia Native Plants http://www.state.va.us/%7Edcr/dnh/native.htm

List of Virginia Invasive Plants http://www.state.va.us/%7Edcr/dnh/invinfo.htm

Plant reference databases (botanical gardens, gymnosperm, Japanese Gardens (part of garden.com) http://www.io.com/neighbor/DtB.html

VA Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services http://www.state.va.us/~vdacs/opps/oppsdefault.htm

Education and Gardens

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden http://www.lewisginter.org

Maymont  (http://www.maymont.org)

Norfolk Botanical Garden http://www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/

JC Raulston Arboretum http://www.arb.ncsu.edu (extensive online tours, plant photos and links to gardens in North Carolina and nurseries with unusual plants)

George Washington U. Landscape Design Certificate Program http://www.gwu.edu/~cce/programs/index.html

VA Tech College of Agriculture Departments access http://www.vaes.vt.edu/colleges/colleges.html

VA Tech Department of Horticulture http://www.hort.vt.edu/ (includes on-line tour of the gardens)

Associations

American Nursery & Landscape Association http://www.anla.org

Assn. of Professional Landscape Designers http://www.apld.org

Associated Landscape Contractors of America http://www.alca.org

Northern Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association http://www.nvnla.org

Professional Grounds Management Society http://www.pgms.org

PLANET Professional Landcare Network www.plantcarenetwork.org  (formerly ALCA and PLCAA)

Southern Nursery Association http://www.sna.org/

Virginia Society of Landscape Designers http://www.vsld.org

Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association www.vnla.org

Virginia Green Industry Council  www.VirginiaGreen.org