FloralNotes.com Turn your wedding bouquet into high quality recycled thank you note cards. The FloralNotes.com cards have perennial wildflower seeds embedded in the paper and when your guest plants the card in the ground it create a wonderful perennial wildflower garden.
http://www.floralnotes.com
The Ten Group An oldest and most respected association of quality retail florist in a study group the provides industry leadership and guidance.
http://www.tengroup.org
University of Missouri The Department of Horticulture strives to improve the quality of life for Missouri citizens through teaching, research and extension activities in environmental and food crop horticulture. The department provides a meaningful educational opportunity for the student with career interests in any of the many fields of the diverse discipline of horticulture. It provides technical advances through its research programs and disseminates those advancements to the academic community, horticultural industry and general public through its teaching, extension and public service programs.
http://horticulture.missouri.edu/
American Botanical Council The American Botanical Council is the leading nonprofit education and research organization disseminating science-based information promoting the safe and effective use of medicinal plants and phytomedicines
http://www.herbalgram.org/
American Bonsai Society The American Bonsai Society, Inc. is a non-profit corporation that promotes knowledge of and interest in bonsai and serves as a national focal point for bonsai fanciers.
http://www.absbonsai.org/
American Orchid Society The American Orchid Society is the largest special-interest horticultural organization in the world. It consists of growers, breeders and fanciers (amateurs and professionals alike) who have interest in the one of the most complex and fascinating flowers known to mankind.
http://www.orchidweb.org/
American Dahlia Society There are numerous organizations throughout the world with the main goal of advancing the growing and advancement of dahlias. One is the American Dahlia Society. There are sister organizations in such places as Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia as well as several other European and Asian countries.
http://www.dahlia.org
Epic Roses Informaton on the world famous Epic Rose. The Epic rose is a giant rose that stands over 5 feet tall.
The largest rose in the world the epic rose.
http://www.epicrose.com
American Hibiscus Society The purpose of the American Hibiscus Society is to encourage and promote the development and improvement of hibiscus and to collect, record and pass on information concerning hibiscus.
http://americanhibiscus.org
American Fern Society The American Fern Society is over 100 years old. With over 900 members worldwide, it is one of the largest international fern clubs in the world. It was established in 1893 with the objective of fostering interest in ferns and fern allies
http://amerfernsoc.org/
The Herb Society of America The Herb Society of America is dedicated to promoting the knowledge, use and delight of herbs through educational programs, research, and sharing the experience of its members with the community.
http://www.herbsociety.org/
Chain of Life The Chain of Life Network® is a comprehensive assembly of information that can be used by growers, wholesalers, florists, supermarkets, brokers, breeders, importers, educators, bouquet manufacturers, associations, students, and floral supply companies to improve the performance of cut flowers and greens, cuttings, plugs, and foliage, flowering and bedding plants. Floral marketing and consumer information is also included.
http://www.chainoflifenetwork.org/
Explore Saint Louis The official tourism and travel portal of St. Louis, Missouri. This is where you'll find everything you need to plan a great getaway to St. Louis
http://www.explorestlouis.com/
Saint Louis Convention and Visitors Commission The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission (CVC) is the Official Destination Marketing Organization for St. Louis City and County. This is the CVC's membership web site providing St. Louis visitor information or services for meeting professionals and group tour planners.
http://www.slcvc.com/
Saint Louis RCGA The St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) connects business and civic communities in the 16-county, bi-state region. Whether supporting public policy and infrastructure initiatives, or attracting new jobs, capital and talent
http://www.stlrcga.org/
Downtown Saint Louis Downtown supports new and growing businesses through opportunities such as technology incubators, low interest and forgivable loans for retailers and tax credits for small to mid-sized professional and technical businesses that are looking to grow.
http://www.downtownstl.org/Home.aspx
Ohio State Plant Facts PlantFacts has merged with the other electronic resources developed at Ohio State University to become an intergrated search tool for horticultural information.
http://plantfacts.osu.edu/
University of Illinois The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences is housed in a single department, world-class research programs and curricula in seemingly diverse disciplines: soil & aquatic ecology, horticulture and the green industry, forest ecology, insect ecology, food and fiber production, and human dimensions of the environment. The programs span the interface between urban, cultivated and natural ecosystems.
http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/
Wholesale Florists & Florist Supplier Association WF&FSA is a business organization, constantly evolving as the industry, market, and customers change, in order to establish new, beneficial services for its wholesale florist membership. Its purpose is to preserve and strengthen the wholesale florists position in the floral chain of distribution by providing a common voice that promotes the role of helping wholesalers become more effective business people and to enhance the networking and economic opportunities of floral wholesale distributors and those floral suppliers who market through them.
http://www.wffsa.org/
World Flower Council The World Flower Council (WFC) is an established organization dedicated to furthering the cause of world peace through the beauty of flowers and the sharing of knowledge among those who have chosen the floral industry as their profession.
http://www.goimi.com/wfc/
Pest Genie Pest Genie is an on-line system designed to support the effective and appropriate use of crop protection and animal health products. The system contains free comprehensive up-to-date information on a broad range of products, as well as other information relating to their use.
http://www.pestgenie.com.au/
Illinois Nurseryman Association The mission of the Illinois Nurserymen's Association is to provide its members services and opportunities in professional and business development in the green industry.
http://www.ina-online.org/
American Floral Endowment Research Database Links This site is designed to aid fellow industry members to quickly locate scientific floriculture/horticulture research information. Contributions to the American Floral Endowment help to fund this project and other educational programs that are helping to build a stronger industry.
http://www.flora-links.org/
Association of Colombian Flower Exporters (ASOCOLFLORES) Asocolflores was created in 1973 as a non-profit industry association. This was a response to the need for exporters to join forces and defend their position in the world flower market, and to seek integrated development of all aspects of the industry-production, technology, economic and environmental scientific research, transport and general welfare for its workforce, among other things
http://www.colombianflowers.com/site/home.php
Ecuadorian Association of Flower Exporters To promote and consolidate the prestige of Ecuador is flower growing sector both at home and worldwide, by promoting human, ecological, trade, logistic, and technological development in keeping with sound environment principles, as well as fostering the optimal inter-relation of participants in quality production chain.
http://www.expoflores.com/
Flower Promotion Organization The Flower Promotion Organization, an alliance of United States and Colombian fresh cut flower growers, was created to expand consumer demand for fresh cut flowers, and ultimately, expand the US market for the entire industry. The FPO is committed to increasing short-term and long-term consumer demand for fresh cut flowers.
http://www.flowerpossibilities.com/
Florists Associations and Industry Resources Find florists associations, professional trade groups, design institutes, and other floral industry resources here, all offering an extensive range of services and support for florists, designers, shop owners, and flower lovers. From state and local florists associations to international floral design societies, there's a wealth of information available on line for flower shop owners and industry professionals.
http://www.flowers-delivery-florists.com/florists-associations/
Hardy Fern Foundation The Hardy Fern Foundation is a non-profit, membership organization established to provide a comprehensive collection of the world's hardy ferns for display, testing, evaluation, public education and introduction to the gardening and horticultural community.
http://www.hardyferns.org/
Hawaii Export Nursery Association The Hawaii Export Nursery Association (HENA) is a non-profit membership organization of Hawaii nurserymen and women professionally engaged in the export of Potted Tropical Ornamental Plants and Flowers, dedicated to marketing, research, transportation, and educational issues. Our goal is to supply Hawaiian grown, top quality tropical plants and flowers for the global marketplace.
http://www.hena.org/
Hawaii Tropical Flower Council A statewide association of growers, shippers, corporations and individual proprietors, the Hawaii Tropical Flower Council directs promotion and supports research of Hawaii's tropical flower industry. Each of the state's major flower commodity groups (anthuriums, orchids, proteas, and tropicals) is represented on the council's board of directors, which meets monthly. The HTFC is a good source for information on the marketing, design, availability, handling, and storage of Hawaii's incomparable tropicals. TheyWe also sponsor research in crop development and shipping methods to help Hawaii maintain it's status as the foremost supplier of exceptional tropical floral products.
http://www.htfc.com
Heliconia Society of Puerto Rico The Heliconia Society of Puerto Rico, Inc. was founded in 1996. The objectives of the society are to stimulate and promote the enjoyment and understanding of Heliconia and related plants of the order Zingiberales through education, research and communication, and to interact with the Heliconia Society International and other institutions which share similar interests, purposes or objectives.
http://www.heliconiasocietypr.org/
FloralGPS.com A system to reduce delivery cost. Designed for floral delivery drivers. You may track the location and speed of your trucks. With the cost of gas this system make you money from the day you install it.
http://www.floralgps.com
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