Horticultural
Libraries, Societies, Herbarium & Departments


The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries is the leading professional organization in the field of botanical and horticultural information services.

Fairchild Tropical Garden Virtual Herbarium Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is one of the outstanding botanical gardens of North America for the breadth and depth of their activities. At this site are scientific databases and other botanical resources generated by Garden staff and affiliates.

These are lecture materials for a beginning course on Plant Propagation taught by Dr. Ellen Sutter as Plant Biology 171 in the Department of Pomology at the University of California, Davis. Lectures require PDF (Acrobat Reader is available free online from Adobe) and cover the widest range of introductory topics, from seed production & handling, to cutting & grafting, lay


Herbaria and Herbarium Specimens web page explains a variety of critical questions to plant collectors, including: What are herbaria? What information is provided on a herbarium label? How are herbarium labels produced? How has computerization affected herbarium practices? How are specimen databases used? ...and more

University of British Columbia

Goteborg University - Botanical Library

Harvard Botany Libraries
New York Botanical Garden's LuEsther T. Mertz Library Five non-circulating research libraries.

Missouri Botanical Garden Library Web-searchable catalog, archives, and digitized rare books.

Morton Arboretum - Sterling Morton Library Supports the work of the arboretum's staff, and is also open to students, gardeners, natural history enthusiasts, and others.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Library Includes an online catalog and information for the Gardener's Resource Center.

Sherman Library and Gardens A library offering a specialized research center devoted to the study of the Pacific Southwest.

University of Copenhagen - Botanical Museum and Library


American Society for Horticultural Science ASHS promotes and encourages scientific research and education in horticulture.

Deep River Horticultural Society

Florida State Horticultural Society

Green Industries of Colorado An organization comprised of ten Colorado horticultural associations.

Institute of Horticulture Horticulture in the UK & Ireland.

International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Research promotion in horticulture and facilitates the cooperation of scientific activities and knowledge-transfer.

Kanata-March Horticultural Society The Kanata-March Horticultural Society was established in 1970. Year 2000 was our 30th anniversary. We now have a membership of about 100 amateur and professional gardeners from Kanata (Ottawa). It is part of District #2 Êof the Ontario Horticultural Association, a province-wide organization of some 44,000 members.

Massachusetts Horticultural Society Information about the New England Spring Flower Show, their educational programs, library, bookstore and special events.

Newfoundland Horticultural Society Base in the Saint John's area.

The Ottawa Horticultural Society, a garden club with over 200 amateur gardeners, was founded in 1892. Its purpose is to promote and encourage interest and improvement in horticultural activities.

Ottawa Botanical Garden Society.

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Location of Philadelphia Flower Show. Sponsers of Philadelphia Green, a community gardening program.

Regina Floral Conservatory Gardening in Saskatchewan, with events and competition winners.

Society for Growing Australian Plants


Horticulture Departments

From Auburn University

University of Hawaii Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences:

University of the Orange Free State The University of the Free State is one of South Africa's oldest universities

University of Adelaide

University of Arkansas

Horticulture and Crop Science Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo!

Clemson University Department of Horticulture

Colorado State University

Cuyamaca College - Ornamental Horticulture

Lincoln University - Farm and Horticultural Managemen

University of Maine - Landscape Horticulture

University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension

New Mexico State University Outreach and Extension

Ohio State University - Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

Penn State University

University of Kentucky - Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Research, teaching and extension activities of the Department, as well as contact information, our seminar program, and links to other interesting sites.

Nottingham University

University of Minnesota, Crookston

University of Rhode Island- Department of Plant Sciences

Texas A&M University Aggie Horticulture

CENTER for URBAN HORTICULTURE University of Washington

Iowa State Horticulture Society Consists of affiliated organizations that represent and promote specific sectors of horticulture. Includes a list of upcoming activities.

Lincoln University (New Zealand) - Horticultural Management Group