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.
UF/IFAS Publications
- Commercial (Greenhouse and Nursery) Pests
- Economic Impacts of the Turfgrass and Lawncare Industry in the United States
- Florida Green Industries: Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources in Florida (pdf)
- Golf Courses
- Optimizing Alternative Fumigant Applications for Ornamental Production in Florida
- Professional Lawn and Landscape Services
- Treating Irrigation Systems with Chlorine
- Turfgrass and Lawncare Industry
Newsletters
- "Commercial Clippings" Newsletter --Duval County
- "Central Florida Landscapes" 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
- Florida Association of 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 - The Association of Horticulture 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-Friendly Landscaping™
- 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
- Lawn, Landscape and Ornamental Plants Pest Management
- Nursery and Ornamental Plant Diseases
- Plant Disease Management Guide
- Weed Management
State & Federal Agencies
- County Foresters--Florida DOF
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Organizations & Associations
- American Public Gardens Association
- Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
- International Society of Arboriculture, Florida Chapter
Other Sites & Publications
Plant Hardiness Zones
For-Sale Products
- Designing, Construction, and Maintaining Bermudagrass Sports Fields
- Insects and Related Pests of Turfgrass in Florida
- National Public-Health Pesticide Applicator Training Manual
- Pesticide Software
- Pesticide CEUs
- Pesticides in the Environment
- Training and CEU Tutorials for Licensed Pesticide Applicators
