Helpful Links

VIRGINIA

RESOURCES

Virginia Tech Extension Main Page www.ext.vt.edu/
VA Tech Extension Publications Online www.ext.vt.edu/resources/
Insect ID Lab www.everest.ento.vt.edu/Facilities/OnCampus/IDInfo.html
Cicadas www.virginiagardening.com/Info/Cicadas.htm
Information on Pesticide Licensing www.vtpp.ext.vt.edu/
For Material Safety Data Sheets or Pesticide Labels, try the following site: www.cdms.net/pfa/LupdateMsg.asp
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) www.osha.gov
List of Virginia Native Plants http://www.dcr.state.va.us/dnh/native.htm
List of Virginia Invasive Plants http://www.dcr.state.va.us/dnh/invinfo.htm
Sod Growers in Virginia www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/turf/418-040/418-040.html
VA Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS): www.state.va.us/~vdacs/opps/oppsdefault.htm
Groundcover info/comparisons Cornell University http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Extension/Woodys/CUGroundCoverSite/GroundcoverMain.html

EDUCATION & GARDENS

Scholarships in the Virginia Green Industry
Virginia Garden Club's Virginia Historic Garden Week
Gardens in Virginia www.ilovegardens.com/Virginia%20Gardens.htm
The Virginia Bluebird Society www.virginiabluebirds.org ,
8911 Moreland Lane; Annandale, VA 22003; 703-339-5218 Julie Kutruff, President
Blue Ridge Wildflower Society (Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society) Contact: BRWS, PO Box 20385, Roanoke, VA 24018
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden http://www.lewisginter.org
Maymont www.maymont.org Flower & Garden Show www.maymont.net/events/flower_show.html
National Garden Bureau www.ngb.org
Norfolk Botanical Garden www.nbg.org
JC Raulston Arboretum 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 www.gwu.edu/~cce/programs/index.html
VA Tech College of Agriculture Departments access www.vaes.vt.edu/colleges/colleges.html
VA Tech Department of Horticulture www.hort.vt.edu/ (includes on-line tour of the gardens)

ASSOCIATIONS

American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) www.anla.org
Arborist - Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (MAC-ISA)
Assn. of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) www.apld.org
Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) www.alca.org
Garden Club of Virginia www.gcvirginia.org
Hampton Roads Nursery & Landscape Association (HRNLA) http://www.hrnla.com
Northern Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (NVNLA) http://www.nvnla.org
Piedmont Landscape Association www.piedmont-landscape.org
Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) www.pgms.org
Professional Lawn Care Association of America (PLCA) www.plcaa.org
Southern Nursery Association (SNA) www.sna.org/
Southwest Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (SWVNLA) www.swvnla.org
Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association www.virginiachristmastrees.org
Virginia Green Industry Council (VGIC) www.VirginiaGreen.org
Virginia Society of Landscape Designers (VSLD) www.vsld.org
Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (VNLA) www.vnla.org
Virginia Urban Forest Council - Trees Virginia (VUFC) www.TreesVirginia.org
Virginia Turfgrass Council www.thevtc.org

Rhododendron Web Site Addresses:

     American Rhododendron Society http://www.rhododendron.org/
     MAC Website http://www.macars.org/ (Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society)
     U VA Science & Engineering Libraries http://www.lib.virginia.edu/science/guides/s-rhodo.htm Rhododendron Archives
     UVA Special Collections http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/
     Henry Skinner Website http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/projects/rhodo/skinner/
      http://www.donaldhyatt.com/ Excellent resource for Rhododendron info and How-to