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    
• International Rock Gardener  www.srgc.net/site/index.php/features-mainmenu-47/articles/307-irg-team
• Ferns of the World  

​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.