Industry Professionals
This page has information about professional organizations useful to Florida's Green Industry professionals, as well as publications written for a professional audience.
For information about pesticide applicator training, CEUs, and licensing, visit our Training & CEUs page.
For information on indoor growing, hydroponics, and related topics, visit Nursery & Greenhouse.
Newsletters
- "Commercial Clippings" Newsletter --Duval County
- "Environmental Horticulture Issues" Newsletter --Orange County
- "Grow Smart" Newsletter--Florida Yards & Neighborhoods
Professional Associations & Organizations
- American Horticultural Society
- American Nursery & Landscape Association
- American Society for Horticultural Science
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Association of Florida Native Nurseries
- Florida Landscape Maintenance Association
- Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association
- Florida Sod Growers Cooperative
- Florida Turfgrass Association
- The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
- The Irrigation Association
- OFA - an Association of Floriculture Professionals
- PLANET (Professional Landcare Network)
- SportsTurf Managers Association
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
- Entomology and Nematology Department
- Environmental Horticulture Department
- FAWN: Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture & Community Sustainability at Hastings
- Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Program
- Flowers & Foliage--Small Farms / Alternative Enterprises
- Horticultural Sciences Department
- IPM Florida
- Living Green
- Ornamental Crops--Small Farms / Alternative Enterprises
- Pesticide Information Office
- Plant Pathology Department
- ProHort
- Soil and Water Science Department
- Trees and Hurricanes
- Turf Science
- Virtual Field Day
- Wildflowers--Small Farms / Alternative Enterprises
UF/IFAS Publications
- An Alphabet Soup of Good Environmental Programs for Florida
- Florida Green Industries: Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources in Florida (pdf)
- Commercial (Greenhouse and Nursery) Pests
- Economic Impacts of the Turfgrass and Lawncare Industry in the United States
- Insecticides, Miticides and Molluscicides Available to Florida's Floricultural Industry
- Lawn, Landscape and Ornamental Plants Pest Management
- Plant Disease Management Guide
- Nematode Management Guide
- Nursery and Ornamental Plant Diseases
- Weed Management
State & Federal Agencies
- County Foresters--Florida DOF
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Organizations & Associations
- American Nursery & Landscape Association
- American Public Gardens Association
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Association of Florida Native Nurseries
- Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
- Tampa Bay Wholesale Growers
Other Sites & Publications
Plant Hardiness Zones
For-Sale Products
- Best Management Practices for Florida Golf Courses
- Commercial Ornamental Scouting Manual
- Designing, Construction, and Maintaining Bermudagrass Sports Fields
- Insects and Related Pests of Turfgrass in Florida
- Irrigation Toolbox CD-ROM
- National Public-Health Pesticide Applicator Training Manual
- Pesticide CDs, DVDS & Software
- Pesticide CEUs
- Pesticides in the Environment
- Training and CEU Tutorials for Licensed Pesticide Applicators
