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Drip Irrigation: for Every Landscape & All Climates
Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and all Climates by Robert Kourik (2009) provides the basics as well as advanced concepts in drip irrigation design for domestic use. This library guide/review provides a description as well as a chapter by chapter summary of this indispensible handbook.
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Using NatureMaps to identify plant communities
One of the best uses of NatureMaps is to locate plant communities which pre-existed European settlement. This procedure explains how to set NatureMaps for this purpose, then to use the vegetation key or ID to identify the upper, middle, and lower storey of the plant community.
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NatureMaps
NatureMaps is an online mapping tool which contains a range of information about the State’s natural resources. It is available for the general public to use to learn and understand more about the physical environment.
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Yarra Ranges Council Plant Directory
The Yarra Ranges Plant Directory is a database of the plants which can be found in the Shire territory, which includes the Yarra valley and Dandenong ranges.
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Australian Cultivar Registration Authority
The ACRA website is a registration portal for plant breeders to apply for registration of a native plant cultivar.
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Propagating native plants
This library guide lists a wide variety of media which covers the techniques used in propagation which are best used to propagate a given plant genus or species.
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Worldcat
WorldCat is the world’s largest library catalogue. It allows users to find library resources registered in its database by using simple and boolean search criteria found at any library, be it at a local council, high school, or institution of higher learning such as colleges/TAFE and universities.
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Australian Native Plants
Australian Native Plants has been an important go-to reference for passionate gardeners and landscaping professionals to find information about Native plants and their cultivars for use plant selection.
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Botanic Gardens of South Australia Plant Selector
The Botanic Gardens of South Australia Plant Selector is a great database for finding plants which suit your interests and location.
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Atlas of Living Australia
The Atlas of Living Australia website acts as a portal to a database for exploring the natural world, both flora and fauna, of Australia. It also has a vast set of research documentation and images.
