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Sustainable Horticulture: Landscape Design Tools

Native Plant Site Solutions for Backyard Habitat Booklet (PDF)

RI Coastal Plant Guide

Site Assessment Checklist
(PDF) 		Recommended Plantings for Migratory Bird Species (PDF)



Invasive Plant Management Resources Rhody Native Propagation Resources

Natural Plant Communities of Rhode Island, Rick Enser (PDF)
Bay Friendly Backyards, Save the Bay (PDF)
RI Invasive Plant List, RI Invasive Species Council (PDF)
RI Stormwater Design and Installation Standards Manual
State of RI Stormwater Management Guidance for Individual Single-Family Residential Lot Development (PDF)

Sustainable Horticulture: Related Links

ALERT: Boxwood Blight Factsheet
Ecological Landscaping Association
NBC10 Plant Pro
RI Nursery and Landscape Association
URI Botanical Gardens
URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program
URI Horticulture Factsheets
URI Master Gardener Hotline
URI Pesticide Applicator Training
URI Plant Protection Clinic
URI Plant Sciences Department

Video Clips

Rain Gardens:

Roger Williams Park Botanical Center Rain Garden, Providence / March 2012 (EcoRI)

Manton Heights rain garden installation, Providence / April 2011 (EPA Region 1)

West Greenwich Library rain garden / March 2012 (WJAR Plant Pro)

Roger Williams Park Botanical Center rain garden / September 2011 (WJAR Plant Pro)

Invasive Plants:

Common backyard invasive plant Part I / December 2011 (WJAR Plant Pro)

Common backyard invasive plants Part II / January 2012 (WJAR Plant Pro)

Sod Removal / October 2011 (WJAR Plant Pro)

PBS's This Old House:

Barrington Coastal Landscape Design / February 2012

Urban Agriculture: Related Links

URI Sustainable Agriculture Program

Brownfield Remediation: Solutions for Urban Agriculture

City Farmer: a comprehensive site about urban agriculture, community gardening and sustainable agriculture.

Community Garden Start-Up Guide: from the Common Ground program of the University of California Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles.

Community Gardening Toolkit: University of Missouri Extension.

How Does Our Garden Grow? A Guide to Community Garden Success: an extensive manual on garden start up by the American Community Gardening Association.

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