Water Gardens
If you enjoy aquatic plants and fish, a water garden might be your style. Learn about backyard ponds and aquascaping.
UF/IFAS Sites
UF/IFAS Publications
- Building a Bog Garden (pdf)
- Building a Floating Hydroponic Garden
- Creating Wildlife Habitat with Native Florida Freshwater Wetland Plants
- Florida Native Aquatic Plants for Ornamental Water Gardens
- An Introduction to Aquascaping
- Role of Aeration in Pond Management
- Some Small Native Freshwater Fish Recommended for Mosquito and Midge Control in Ornamental Ponds
Other Sites & Publications
- Aquarium Hobbyists and Pond Owners
- Aquatic Plants: Questions and Answers--U.S. National Arboretum
- Build a Backyard Pond--National Wildlife Federation
- Home Hydroponics--Virginia Cooperative Extension
- International Aquatic Gardeners Association
- International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society
- Nuts & Bolts of Water Gardening--University of Georgia
- Stormwater Marsh--National Wildlife Federation
- Victoria Adventure
- Water Gardens--University of Tennessee (pdf)
- Water Gardeners International
- Water Gardening--University of Illinois Extension
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General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Entomology and Nematology Department
- Environmental Horticulture Department
- FAWN: Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Master Gardener Program
- Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture & Community Sustainability at Hastings
- Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Program
- Gardening in a Minute
- Home Lawn Care--Turfgrass Science
- Horticultural Sciences Department
- IPM Florida
- Landscape Plants
- Living Green
- Pesticide Information Office
- Plant Pathology Department
- ProHort
- School Gardens
- Soil and Water Science Department
- Trees and Hurricanes
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FDACS
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map--U.S. National Arboretum
Other University Sites
Organizations & Associations
- American Community Gardening Association
- American Horticultural Society
- Florida Native Plant Society
- International Society of Arboriculture
- International Society of Arboriculture (en español)
- International Society of Arboriculture, Florida Chapter
- National Garden Clubs
- North American Native Plant Society
Other Sites & Publications
Plant Hardiness Zones
For-Sale Products
- Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plants in Pen-and-Ink DVD
- Building a Hydroponic Floating Garden
- Invasive Non-Native Plants Photo Mural
- More Invasive Non-Native Plants Photo Mural
- More Native Freshwater & Wetland Plants Photo Mural
- Native Freshwater Plants Photo Mural
- Your Florida Guide to Butterfly Gardening
