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PLANT & SEED SOURCES


  • ​Fraser 's Thimble Farms  Saltspring Island
​        Mail Order or shop at the nursery where you can choose your own plants.
  • Wrightman Alpines Nursery  Mail order alpine plants from New Brunswick
  • Gardens North   'Seeds of the world' - a highly respected Canadian seed house
  • Vojtêch  Holubec Annual seed list, books and plant images

ALPINE & ROCK GARDEN CLUBS

Canadian


  • Alpine Gardeners of Central Vancouver Island
  • Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia
  • The Ontario Rock Garden & Hardy Plant Society  (has useful seed germination data)
  • Ottawa Valley Rock Garden and Horticultural Society
  • Calgary Rock & Alpine Garden Society

International

  • North American Rock Garden Society
  • Alpine Garden Society
  • Scottish Rock Garden Club
  • The Cyclamen Society
  • The American Primrose Society
  • The American Conifer Society
  • ​The Pacific Bulb Society www.pacificbulbsociety.org

​BRITISH COLUMBIA GARDENS -- (Many containing rock gardens)

  • The Gardens of Government House Victoria, BC
  • The Horticulture Centre of the Pacific Victoria, BC, offers many garden courses and events
  • Hatley Park Gardens, a National Historic Site at Royal Roads University, Victoria BC
  • University of Victoria Finnerty Gardens Victoria, BC
  • University of British Columbia Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research Vancouver, BC (includes forums for discussion of all gardening topics)
  • Takata Japanese Garden Victoria, BC
  • The Abkhazi Garden Victoria, BC

OTHER LOCAL NATURE SOCIETIES

  • Friends of Beacon Hill Park
  • Native Plant Study Group
  • Victoria Horticultural Society
  • Victoria Natural History Society (shares many field trips with VIRAGS)
  • Victoria Rhododendron Society

OTHER REFERENCES

  • ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/  - Electronic Atlas of BC Flora
  •  UBC Botanical Garden 
  • Mountain Flora - Alpine flowers in their natural habitat
  • Primula World  a visual reference and data base for the genus primula run by Pam Eveleigh of Calgary
  • Paintbrush Gardens  Kenton Seth's garden featuring good information on crevice gardens
  • Jan's Alpines  the website of Harry Jans, a well-travelled rock & alpine gardener from the Netherlands; lots of good images
  • Dr. Norman Deno Seed Germination Theory & Practice  this publication is the definitive study on seed germination and is available free as a download.
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