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Website links
- House of Commons; Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Memoranda - Evidence presented to the committee on public parks. (Published 25 May 1999).
- Landscape Planning Web - Resources, information pages, and links on a wide variety of topics, from Greenwich University. Some of the information is also held at the associated Landscape Information Hub.
- Public Parks and Open Spaces - English Heritage reviews, surveys and other published documents on parks.
- UK BAP The UK Biodiversity Action Plan; includes a set of primary action plans, or summaries of them. Also includes policy and other information documents.
- U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens - from York University. Includes listings of all significant parks in the country, with information on their heritage status, designers and brief history where appropriate.
Institutions, professional organisations, and media
- Britain in Bloom - Campaigns to improve and beautify the living environment.
- Institute of Groundsmanship - Membership and other useful information from organisation representing groundsmen, greenkeepers others involved in groundsmanship, and amenity management.
- Institute of Horticulture - Represents all those professionally engaged in horticulture, maintains list of consultants.
- Garden History Society - Includes publications, research, archives and book reviews.
- Horticulture Week - Includes industry news, topical articles, and job advertisements.
- Landscape Institute - National organisation in the UK for landscape professionals, comprising designers, managers and scientists, concerned with enhancing and conserving the environment; maintains directory of registered landscape practices.
- LANTRA - The skills and standards council for horticulture and other land based industries.
- National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens - Administers the National Plant Collection Scheme, concerned with conservation of the gene pool of cultivated garden plants.
- Open Spaces Society - Promotes and protects common land and access to it.
- The Royal Horticultural Society - Aims to encourage the science, art and practice of horticulture; site provides information about its shows, an online shop, an interactive plant finder, a guide to gardens and activities around the country.
- Sports Turf Research Institute - A research and technology organisation, also has agronomic advice.
- The Wildlife Trusts - Charity dedicated to the protection of nature offers information about species and habitats, articles and news items, an events directory, volunteer opportunities, and details of campaigns and appeals.
Government and official bodies
- Cleaner Safer Greener Communities - Originally set up by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, with pages explaining policy on parks. Pages on parks are here.
- Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment - Promotes high quality design and architecture to raise the standard of the built environment. There is a limited amount of content on parks, and more content at It's Your Space, including a collection of brief case studies.
- DEFRA Horticulture - Information on central government schemes, responsibilities, policies, and advice, mostly on commercial horticulture, and for growers.
- DEFRA Plants and Seeds - Information on plant health, breeder's rights, seed certification, and on bees and apiculture.
- English Heritage - Includes English Heritage reviews, surveys and other published documents on parks.
- English Nature - The statutory service responsible for looking after the wild plants, animals, biodiversity, and natural features of England. Includes details of projects, programmes and publications, virtual tours of nature reserves, and volunteer information.
- Green Flag Award - Details of the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales. Includes the 'Raising the Standard' guide to management practices.
- GreenSpace Online - Promotes the planning, design, management and use of public parks and open spaces (formerly the Urban Parks Forum). Some areas are member only.
- GreenSTAT - Interactive website to allow parks users to provide feedback on the quality of their open spaces. Information collected is fed back to the site management.
- Pesticides Safety Directorate - Administers the regulation of pesticides. Provides advice for consumers and agricultural users on pesticide safety issues and regulations. Publishes detailed factsheets and advice.
- Rural White Paper - A DEFRA document first published in 2000, with details of proposed developments and changes to administration of the countryside of rural England.
Major parks providers
- Birmingham City Council - Parks and Nature Conservation - Information on the services provided, including allotments, trees and country parks, parks strategy, and the ranger service.
- Corporation of London - Describes and details the open spaces that the City of London manages. Includes detailed management plans.
- Glasgow - Parks and Outdoors - Information on the city's parks and cemeteries, and their wider role within the council.
- Liverpool City Council Parks - Includes a list of parks, and information on the main parks. History of development of parks in the city.
- Manchester's Parks - Manchester City Council; describes the city's parks, their history and current activities. Includes several documents, such as the parks strategy, in html format.
- The National Trust - Manages a number of historic gardens and estates.
- Royal Parks Agency - Responsible for administering and maintaining London's ten Royal Parks. Provides information about the parks, their amenities and forthcoming events and activities.
Last modified 22 August 2007.
The listings on this page are adapted from the source material provided by the Open Directory Project. The search results are provided by Google.
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