Click on the highlighted text below for links to websites that are either mentioned on the pages in my website or that I have found helpful in some way in my career development.
This list will be ongoing and is listed in no particular order…
Everything about living roofs under one website roof at livingroofs.org
Straightforward hard works construction advice at the pavingexpert.com
London Wildlife Trust and the Royal Society of WIldlife Trusts
The Centre for Wildlife Gardening
National Open Gardens Scheme and the Open Gardens Square Weekend
The Chelsea Fringe Flower Show is to coincide with The Chelsea Flower Show this year
The Royal Horticultural Society have great gardens, horticultural shows and plant advice
The National Trust has some very interesting gardens and landscapes to visit
The Institute of Horticulture is the umbrella body for garden folk
Helen Babbs is an author, journalist and environmental blogger who is interested in urban biodiversity and food growing
Gardens that I have revisited time and again include Beth Chatto’s Garden in Colchester (especially the gravel garden), the late Christopher Lloyds garden, Great Dixter in Sussex and Piet Oudolfs landscape at Pensthorpe.
Amongst the gazillion books I have some are listed bellow that have become and are becoming dog eared:
Destination Art, Land Art. Amy Dempsey, Thames and Hudson, 2006
Dream PLants for the Natural Garden, Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen, Francis Lincon Ltd, 200o
Environmental Ethics, John Benson, Routledge, 2000
Garden Flowers, Christopher Lloyd, Cassell and Co, 2001
Garden Natural History, Stefan Buczacki,Harper Collins, 2007
Landscape Architects Pocket Book, Architectural Press, 2009
National Trust Book Of Wild Flower Gardening, John Stevens, Dorling Kindersly, 1987 (probably out of print – try 2nd hand book suppliers)
Natural Garden Style, Noel Kingsbury, Merrell, 2009
Promoting Nature in Cities and Towns, Ecological Parks Trust, 1986 (definately out of print – try 2nd hand book suppliers)
Weeds, Richard Mabey, Profile Book, 2010 (pretty much anything by Mabey is worth a look)
What Plant When, and Plants for Places, RHS,Dorling Kindersley, 2002