Parks and gardens

Here are some selected links you might like to try.

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Association of Gardens Trusts (AGT)
A national organization representing 32 County Gardens Trusts actively engaged in conserving, researching, documenting and caring for the UK heritage of parks, gardens and designed landscapes.
http://www.gardenstrusts.org.uk/|

Essential British Gardens
Essential British Gardens is a digest of some of the finest gardens and arboretums throughout Britain.
http://www.gardenarena.co.uk/|

Garden Visit and Travel Guide
Reviews places of interest to gardeners: properties open to the public, historic estates, botanic collections, websites, hotels, design studios, nurseries and product suppliers. It describes 1000+ parks and gardens open to the public in Europe and America, and lists British gardens by county.
http://www.gardenvisit.com/|

Gardens
A Great Buildings Online site, covering gardens. Includes links to entries on individual gardens with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/garden.html|

GardenWeb Europe
Offers a variety of garden resources including plant exchange service, forums, directory, glossary of botanical terms and gardening tips.
http://www.uk.gardenweb.com/|

Japanese Gardens
Site dedicated to the gardens of Japan, and more specifically to the historic gardens of Kyoto and its environs, privided by Bowdoin College. Each garden described includes a plan of the garden and a series of high-quality images that can be viewed individually or as a tour. Also includes information on the history and development of the traditional Japanese garden, an overview of commonly-found elements, a bibliography, glossary, and links.
http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/index.html|

JGarden: the Japanese Garden Database
Information on traditional garden design in Japan and similar gardens established elsewhere, with glossaries, bibliographies, and media galleries. The material is retrievable through clickable maps, time lines, and alphabetical lists.
http://www.jgarden.org/|

Metropolitan Public Gardens Association
The Association works for the protection, preservation, safeguarding and acquiring for permanent preservation for public use, of gardens and open spaces. It also offers advice on tree planting, pruning, and layout, and encourages public interest in the beautification of London.
http://www.mpga.org.uk/|

National Gardens Scheme
A list of all the privately-owned gardens in the UK that open to the public, currently around 3,500 of them. The money raised from entrance fees goes to a variety of charities.
http://www.ngs.org.uk/|

Parks
A Great Buildings Online site, covering parks. Includes links to entries on individual parks with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/park.html|

Parks & Gardens UK
Parks & Gardens UK is the leading on-line resource dedicated to historic parks and gardens across the whole of the United Kingdom. Includes a an introduction to garden history plus records and images of more than 6,000 parks and gardens and the people who created and worked in them.
http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/|

Society of Garden Designers
The Society of Garden Designers aims to provide the public, both in the UK and abroad, with the assurance of competence, quality, experience on the part of its members. The site contains a list of full members, each with a description of their professional experience and the services they are offering, and some include plans and photographs of their work.
http://www.sgd.org.uk/|

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