Here is a collection of our favourite horticulture, botany, and
related sites.
New Zealand
New Zealand Notable Trees Trust (NZNTT)
Established by the RNZIH, in association with the NZ
Arboricultural Association. This trust continues the national
scheme established in 1978 to identify and register heritage
trees.
Website: www.notabletrees.org.nz
Facebook (Great Trees of New
Zealand): www.facebook.com/groups/548326446101270
New Zealand Gardens Trust (NZGT)
Established by the RNZIH and aims to
promote the best in New Zealand gardens and horticulture. The NZGT
website features a nationwide database of public and private
gardens to visit.
Website: www.gardens.org.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nzgardens
RNZIH Education Trust / Young Horticulturist Competition
Established by the RNZIH
and aims to assist and promote, in any way possible, horticultural
training and education in New Zealand, including promoting and
providing scholarships and prize schemes for young people in
horticulture. The Young Horticulturist Competition is organised by
the Education Trust.
Website: www.younghort.co.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/YoungHortNZ
Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand (BGANZ)
Plants are critical for life and
Botanic Gardens are essential for us to be able to preserve and
learn about plants.
Website: www.bganz.org.au
International Plant Propagators’ Society NZ Region (IPPS-NZ)
Founded as a chapter of IPPS International in 1971 and becoming a
region in its own right in 1984, the IPPS New Zealand Region has
>200 members all around New Zealand. Membership consists of
those working in many aspects of the nursery industry,
researchers, academics, consultants and students all sharing plant
production knowledge freely.
Website: https://nz.ipps.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ippsnz
New Zealand Arb
NZ Arb’s mission statement is to encourage, foster, improve and
educate in all aspects of arboriculture in New Zealand.
Website: www.nzarb.org.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NZARB.org.nz
New Zealand Plant Producers Inc.
The peak industry body for plant producers and industry partners.
The NZPPI provides an opportunity for plant producers and their
community to collaborate in shaping and growing an industry body
with an influential voice that delivers value to their businesses.
Website: https://nzppi.co.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nzppi
New Zealand Professional Florists Inc.
A non-profit making organisation
founded with the sole objective of raising the national standards
of floristry.
Website: www.nzprofessionalflorists.co.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NzpfNewZealandProfessionalFloristsInc
New Zealand Tree Crops Association
A voluntary organisation promoting interest in useful trees, such
as those producing fruit, nuts, timber, fuel, wood, livestock
fodder, bee forage and other productive crops.
Website: https://treecrops.org.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/treescrops
Go Gardening — helping New Zealand grow
Garden Inspiration, tips and
advice from the experts. Go Gardening is the consumer and public
face of New
Zealand Plant Producers Incorporated.
Website: www.gogardening.co.nz
Liddle Wonder
Website of Liddle Wonder, a
former nursery owned by Dr John Liddle, containing images and
details of a wide variety of plants.
Website: https://liddlewonder.nz
Kiwi Gardener
Website of New Zealand’s
fortnightly do-it-yourself consumer gardening magazine, previously
known as the Weekend Gardener. The magazine provides gardening and
horticultural information of wide interest, some of which has been
reproduced on the RNZIH website.
Website: https://kiwigardenermagazine.co.nz
Nursery World
Broad site covering everything in the gardening,
nursery and horticulture industries. Commercial Horticulture
Magazine, Trade Days, Nursery Registers, seed suppliers, Reference
Publishing, gardening, plants.
Website: www.nursery.net.nz
NZ Gardener
Monthly
magazine of gardening advice, with a selection of articles online
on the Stuff website.
Website: www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/nz-gardener
Auckland Branch of the Cactus and Succulent Society of New
Zealand
Provides information for members and the general public to learn
more about cacti and succulent plants.
Website: www.akcactus.org.nz
Herb Federation of New Zealand
“Dedicated
to promoting the knowledge, use and love of herbs, through
community education programs, research, and sharing the experience
of its members with the community.” Includes National Plant Collection Holders and Local Herb Societies.
Website: https://herbs.org.nz
Heritage Roses New Zealand Inc.
Exists to nurture
interest in and love of the beautiful roses of the past, and to
ensure the continued existence of these living antiques.
Website: https://heritageroses.org.nz
New Zealand Rose Society Inc.
“The New Zealand
Rose Society is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting
the cultivation of the world’s most favourite flower.”
Website: https://nzroses.org.nz
National Daffodil Society of New Zealand
The
purpose of the National Daffodil Society is to promote, appreciate
and preserve New Zealand’s daffodils.
Website: https://daffodil.org.nz
National Dahlia Society of New Zealand
“Founded in 1938 and is an organisation set up to
promote our favourite flower the dahlia, and to offer guidance and
advice on the cultivation and showing of dahlias in New Zealand.”
Website: www.nzdahliasociety.50megs.com
New Zealand Alpine Garden Society
The NZAGS hold monthly meetings in Christchurch and have an annual
seed exchange list.
Website: www.nzags.com
New Zealand Bonsai Association
The
nationally recognised portal and repository for information about
the New Zealand bonsai scene.
Website: www.bonsainz.com
New Zealand Camellia Society
Information on membership, national shows, contact
details including branches throughout New Zealand, and image
galleries.
Website: www.nzcamelliasociety.co.nz
New Zealand Iris Society Inc.
A non-profit
society dedicated to the iris and its band of admirers.
Website: https://nziris.org.nz
New Zealand Native Orchids
An outstanding
site dedicated to the native orchids of New Zealand. Contains
articles from the NZ Native Orchid Group Journal, a large photo
section, descriptions of the various species, their habitats, and
more.
Website: www.nativeorchids.co.nz
Orchid Council of New Zealand Inc.
The
Orchid Council of New Zealand is a federation of independent,
autonomous, orchid societies throughout New Zealand.
Website: www.orchidcouncil.org.nz
New Zealand Rhododendron Association Inc.
An Association formed in 1944 that promotes all aspects
of Rhododendron growing in New Zealand.
Website: https://rhododendron.org.nz
The Hebe Society
“The Hebe Society promotes the cultivation and conservation of
hebes and other New Zealand native plants.” Mainly based in the UK
but with a focus on NZ plants.
Website: www.hebesoc.org
Art and Science of Horticulture
Created by RNZIH
Vice-President Alan Jolliffe with themes of horticulture,
gardening, plants, heritage and tourism.
Website: https://artandscienceofhorticulture.weebly.com
Neil Fitzgerald Photography
A diverse selection of New Zealand nature photographs, from plants
and fungi to invertebrates, birds and landscapes.
Website: www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz
New Zealand Plant Protection Society
Their main objective: “To pool and exchange information on the
biology of weeds, invertebrate and vertebrate pests, pathogens and
beneficial organisms and methods for modifying their effects.”
Website: https://nzpps.org
Weedbusters New Zealand
Weedbusters is a weeds
awareness and education programme that aims to protect New
Zealand’s environment from the increasing weed problem.
Website: www.weedbusters.org.nz
ECO: Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand
New Zealand's network of groups which share a concern for the
environment.
Website: www.eco.org.nz
Forest and Bird
A New Zealand based
conservation organisation that works for the protection of New
Zealand's native forests, threatened species, marine heritage and
for a healthier environment.
Website: www.forestandbird.org.nz
iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao
An excellent website where you can share what you see in nature,
meet other nature watchers, and learn about New Zealand animals,
plants, and fungi.
Website: https://inaturalist.nz
Manaaki Whenua — Landcare Research Home Page
Includes Beyond Myrtle Rust, Biota of New Zealand, Nga Rauropi Whakaoranga (Māori Plant Use
Database), and Online Interactive Plant Identification Keys.
Website: www.landcareresearch.co.nz
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
Established in 2003 with the vision that “no indigenous species of
plant will become extinct nor be placed at risk of extinction as a
result of human action or indifference, and that the rich, diverse
and unique plant life of New Zealand will be recognised, cherished
and restored”. A user-friendly website with lots of information on
native and invasive plants.
Website: www.nzpcn.org.nz
Project Crimson
Project Crimson is a
charitable trust that aims to protect New Zealand's endangered
pohutukawa and rata trees.
Website: https://projectcrimson.org.nz
International
Australasian Native Orchid Society Inc.
Dedicated to the cultivation, conservation and scientific study of
native orchids in the Australasian region.
Website: https://anos.org.au
Australian Institute of Horticulture
The
professional association for qualified horticulturists in
Australia, including landscape designers, educators, writers,
nursery people, etc.
Website: https://aih.org.au
Australian National Botanic Gardens
“Inspiring, informing and connecting
people with the Australian flora.” A useful and comprehensive site
with many links to the conservation, cultivation and study of
Australian plants.
Website: www.anbg.gov.au
Dave’s Garden
A community of gardeners
that share tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and
plants.
Website: https://davesgarden.com
The National Gardening Association (USA)
The NGA (USA) was founded in 1971, and over the years has
accumulated a vast amount of educational resources for gardeners.
Website: https://garden.org
SafeGardening (UK)
A public interest website
developed in the UK and providing a collection of useful garden
safety tips and advice from experts.
Website: https://safegardening.co.uk
American Horticultural Society (AHS)
The AHS is
an educational, non-profit, organisation that recognises and
promotes excellence in American horticulture.
Website: https://ahsgardening.org/
Chartered Institute of Horticulture — UK & Ireland
The authoritative organisation representing all those
professionally engaged in Horticulture in the UK & Ireland.
Website: www.horticulture.org.uk
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK)
Provides an insight into their
research, collections, conservation and other activities.
Website: www.kew.org
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS, UK)
Homepage to the Royal Horticultural Society.
Website: www.rhs.org.uk
Plants of the World Online
Global plant names, descriptions, and images.
Website: https://powo.science.kew.org
