The Alpine Garden Society is a club
based in England, for those interested in alpine and rock garden plants, small bulbs etc.
There are many local groups with lectures, outings, etc., and alpine flower shows. There
is also a large seed exchange, and all members receive the quarterly bulletin.
The Scottish Rock Garden Club is a club for those
interested in alpine and rock garden plants, small bulbs etc. It is based in Scotland,
but has members world-wide. It runs a large seed exchange, and publishes a twice-yearly journal.
The Dutch Rock Garden Society is a club
based in the Netherlands for those interested in alpine and rock garden plants.
The Royal Horticultural Society is the main UK society
for all kinds of horticulture. Its
Horticultural Database and information
about plants are particularly useful. The
Plant Finder may help
you to find those plants that are not in our catalogue. There are a few!
The Androsace Group of the Alpine Garden
Society is for those interested in these high alpine, mainly cushion plants. The web
site includes a picture gallery.
Androsace World is a splendid
compilation of photographs of Androsace species.
The Pacific Bulb Society is interested in
bulbs and companion plants, specifically those that can be grown in gardens round the Pacific rim, but that
covers just about everywhere. Their web site has masses of useful information, and many excellent
photographs.Codonopsis are the subject of this private web site, run by the holder of the UK National Collection of these beautiful plants.
The Cyclamen Society specialises in Cyclamen,
and its website has an extensive collection of photographs.
The Fritillaria Group of the Alpine
Garden Society is for those interested in these bulbs. The web site includes a
picture gallery.
The Meconopsis Group is dedicated to the study
of Meconopsis, particularly the big blue poppies, and has been instrumental in sorting
out the naming of these beautiful plants.
Penstemons are featured on this privately-run web site, which has many photographs.
Primula World is a superb compilation of photographs of Primula species, mainly in the wild, which now also has links to scans of type specimens and the original descriptions and maps showing where these specimens came from.
Rhododendrons, large and small, are invaluable gardens plants, providing both colour and structure. Useful web sites include those of the Scottish Rhododendron Society, which is also a chapter of the American Rhododendron Society, and of the Rhododendron Species Foundation, which has a large garden in Federal Way, near Seattle.
The Saxifrage Society is dedicated to Saxifrages
and their relatives, which they say are the best plants in the world. Well, they would,
wouldn't they?The Rock Garden Plants Database contains a huge amount of information about alpine plants, and includes a substantial gallery of photographs.
Secret Seeds should not be a secret. They offer 1300 varieties of seeds, most of them grown on their own (organic) site.
Plant World have a good range of seeds, including some interesting introductions from South America, with enthusiastic descriptions.
Timber Press publishes many books on plants and horticulture. They include John Richard's excellent book on Primulas, Chris Grey-Wilson's book on Poppies, which includes Meconopsis (but is now out of print), and Robin White's splendid account of Daphnes.
The definitive account of The Genus Sorbus (rowans) is published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Plants Magazine is devoted to new, rare and unusual garden plants. If you look below 'search' in the index panel you will find that you can download an index to all the past volumes of issues about these plants.
Ray Cox Photography. Ray is a full-time, professional photographer specialising in the gardens and plants of Scotland. He has an impeccable pedigree, as a member of the Cox family of Rhododendron fame.
The Flora of China
is the definitive work on Chinese plants - masses of useful information.
Flora Europea is a searchable database of European plants.
The Flora of North America is an on-going project producing a definitive flora of North American plants.
The Flora of New Zealand is an electronic version, but the Flora is also available in paper form.
The Scottish Rock Garden Club has an extremely lively and active forum, which has accumulated more than one hundred thousand posts, with hundreds of people on-line each day - and an unbelievable maximum of nearly 800 at once! Click here if you have a few hours to spare. You have been warned! It is addictive.
The North American Rock Garden Society also has a very active forum. Click here to discover more.
If you have questions for the alpine plant experts, or just want to see their accumulated wisdom in answers to questions asked by other people, then the Alpine-L discussion forum is the place to go.
Rock Gardeners' Last Resort says that when your search engines fail, start here. It provides links to an impressive array of botanical and horticultural websites.
Hawthorn Alpine Troughs make troughs for alpines that look like hypertufa, and therefore, with a bit of imagination, like stone.
The Turf Shop supplies lawn turf (and if you really must, artificial turf) - and we use them for our design jobs.
Logie Steading is a visitor centre in the Findhorn Valley.
Elmer Aagesen's garden at Hinnerup in Denmark, with lots of high-resolution photos that are slow to load.
There are also lots of links at Garden Web.
...our son Andrew runs a business providing solar panels and other renewable energy devices. They can also connect your green power-generating equipment to the grid, so that you can take advantage of the fantastic prices you can be paid for surplus energy. They also specialise in devices for canal boats, sailing boats and caravans, and can supply panels and advice
for almost any situation. Lights for that garden shed?
...and another son, Mike, sells interesting things made from wood, including bird boxes, insect houses, bee hotels and hedgehog houses. Wudwerx is a new, expanding company, based in Edinburgh, and you can order their products through Kevock Garden Plants.
