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Resources

Useful Links

ACT for Bees 
Allsun Farm
Birds in Backyards
Bungendore Farmers Market
Canberra Birds 
​Canberra City Farm 
Canberra Environment Centre
Canberra Nature Map
Canberra Organic Growers Society 
Food Co-op Shop
Frog Watch (Ginninderra Catchment Group)
Gardening Australia
Green Harvest
Kadwell Potatoes Crookwell NSW
Landcare ACT
Milkwood
Orchid Society of Canberra
ParkCare Volunteering
Permaculture Exchange


Books (please note the books included in this list can also be purchased at other online and retail stores)

Adagio
Banksias
Birds of Canberra Gardens 
Bee Friendly: A planting guide for European honeybees and Australian native pollinators
Edna Walling Books
Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia
Gardening Down-Under 
Grown & Gathered 
Growing Orchids in Cool Climate Australia (2nd Edition)
Introduction to Permaculture 
Latin for Bird Watchers (2014)
Ngunnawal Plant Use: A Traditional plant use guide for the ACT region
Organic Gardening
Photographic guide to Native plants in the Australian Capital Territory
Root Nurture Grow: The Essential Guide to Propagating and Sharing Houseplants
The Arboretum Book: Forests of the National Arboretum Canberra
The New Organic Grower: A master's manual of tools and techniques for the home and market gardener
The One Straw Revolution
The Seed Savers' Handbook
The Vegie Box
The Weed Forager's Handbook - A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia
Weeds of the South-East
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                                                        As seen at Native Gardens presentation Erindale Library
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Australian National Botanic gardens: https://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/ .
Australian Native Plants: Cultivation, Use in Landscaping and Propagation. John W. Wrigley & Murray Fagg (2013 ed.). ISBN: 9781921517150.
Australian Native Plants Society: http://anps-canberra.asn.au/site/ .
Australian Plants for Canberra Region Gardens. Society for Growing Australian Plants Canberra Region Inc (2015 ed.). ISBN: 9780646930336.
Beekeepers Association of the ACT: http://www.actbeekeepers.asn.au/.
Birdscaping Australian Gardens: Using native plants to attract birds to your garden. George Adams (2015). ISBN: 9780670078707.
Birds of Canberra Gardens. Canberra Ornithologists Groups (2009 Ed.). ISBN: 9780670078707.
Canberra Ornithologists Group:  http://canberrabirds.org.au/.
Field Guide to the Butterflies of the ACT. Suzi Bond (2016). ISBN: 97880980285482.
Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia. J.M. Caton & R.J. Hardwick (2016). ISBN: 978-1-922134-60-8.
Complete Book of Australian Birds. Reader’s Digest Sydney (2007). ISBN: 9780949819994.
Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory. Meredith Cosgrove (2014). ISBN: 9780994183408.
The Bee Friendly Garden: Easy ways to help the bees and make your garden grow. Doug Purdie (2016). ISBN: 978-1-74336-756-8.

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