Guides: Landscape Design and Construction: Weblinks

Government Sources

The following links are to authoritative government web sites and resources you could use for your studies.

ABRS Databases and Online Resources
Australian National Botanic Gardens (Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research)
Department of Environmental Regulation
Land Use and Management Information for Australia (ABARES)
Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS)
Plants, Pests and Diseases
Soils (Dept. of Primary Industries and Regional Development) The department develops management practices to maximise soil productivity and minimise land degradation. It also provides technical information on managing soil constraints, including acidity, water repellence, subsoil compaction, erosion along with nutrient management. And supports agriculture through soil and land condition monitoring, condition assessment and providing management strategies and tools to improve soil condition.
Water Management
Weeds in Australia
WorkSafe (WA)

Phone Apps and Podcasts

Muddy Boots podcast
Irrigate WA (App from Dept Agriculture and Food) The Irrigate WA app will assist with the implementation of correct irrigation scheduling for a variety of crops, regions and soil types.
MyPestGuide (App from Dept Agriculture and Food) Brings people together to create a collaborative network of people to report and learn about local pests. The MyPestGuide family includes a Reporter app, three pest identification field guides, a decision tool and a community website
MyWeedWatcher (App from Dept Agriculture and Food) Enables users to identify weeds, conduct surveys on weeds of interest and report on the presence of declared weeds. The identification guide allows users to quickly search for a weed according to plant characteristics such as flower colour, leaf shape, and plant type. The survey/reporting feature enables users to map weeds, add images and record survey data such as weed density, weed counts, confidence of identification, and notes on control activities done.

WA Government Career Centre Industry Profile

For the Department of Training and Workforce Development's industry profile of your area see the following:

Non-government Sources

The following are reliable non-government sources of information:

Atlas of Living Australia A collaborative, digital, open infrastructure that pulls together Australian biodiversity data from multiple sources, making it accessible and reusable. The ALA helps to create a more detailed picture of Australia’s biodiversity for scientists, policy makers, environmental planners and land managers, industry and the general public, and enables them to work more efficiently.
Australian Native Plants Society
Australian Water Association
Flora of Australia This digital platform integrates a wide range of botanical information from many sources, such as nomenclature, distribution maps, images, biodiversity data, and identification keys. It has been designed for use by anyone wanting authoritative information on the names, characteristics, distribution and habitat of Australian plants.
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora An integrated, online view of the World Grass Species databases. Nearly 11,000 species descriptions in addition to this the synonymy/nomenclature database now contains links to these species descriptions integrated with searches for the accepted name and synonyms for just over 60,000 grass names. Further details of recent developments can be found on the news page.
Horticulture Innovation Australia Easy to discover information, updates and resources related to levy investments, as well as general information. Grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australia's horticulture industry.
Irrigation Australia
Landscape Australia
Plants of the World Online
Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia Provides relevant, consistent, comprehensive, nation-wide data in an easily-accessible format.
Soil Science Australia
SoilsWest
Swan Weeds

How to Evaluate Websites

Not all of the information you find on the internet is accurate, up-to-date and reliable.

It is important to evaluate your information before you decide to use it in your assignment.

Ask yourself:

- how relevant is it?

- is it current and up-to-date?

- is it published by a reputable author or organisation?