Links and Resources


http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/index.html - The Agroforestry Research Trust - great source of useful plants and seeds.
http://www.cat.org.uk/index.tmpl?refer=index&init=1 - Centre for Alternative Technology - lots of ideas and presents of a sustainable kind.
http://www.cbd.int/programmes/cross-cutting/plant/default.asp - Convention on Biological Diversity provides a global strategy for plant conservation. http://www.7stanes.gov.uk/website/forestresearch.nsf/ByUnique/HCOU-5QJMBB Forestry Commission research page.
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/ Henriette's herbal site, a good start in looking at North American medicinal plants.
http://medplant.icimod.org/index.php Medicinal plants network listing conferences and projects worldwide.
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/cmh/ Middlesex University runs an accredited programme for training as a professional medical herbalist.
http://www.permaculture.org.uk/ - Permaculture site with info about courses and design of sustainable projects including forest gardens.
http://www.perriehale.com/ - Perrie Hale Tree Nursery is an excellent source of native trees and shrubs in the South West of England.
http://www.plantlife.org.uk/ Plantlife is a UK based organisation for conservation of plants.
http://pfaf.org/ Plants For a Future - Provide a database of useful plants with a little medicinal information.
http://www.poyntzfieldherbs.co.uk/nursery.html - Poyntzfield Nursery do excellent mail order of medicinal plants, and worth a visit in Scotland.
http://www.kew.org/data/index.html Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew have masses of contacts and information in the field of economic botany, and nice to visit!
http://initiatives.smallwoods.org.uk/ The Small Woods Association is an excellent organisation supporting small wood owners and workers.
http://www.treeaid.org.uk/ Tree Aid do much valuable work as a charity. If you haven't got space for trees then why not support a tree nursery in Africa. 

http://www.treesforhealth.org Trees for Health is a voluntary run organization based in South Devon, aiming to help foster healthy communities and healthy ecosystems by revitalizing our use and knowledge of woodland.
http://www.westwaleswillows.co.uk/ West Wales willow source of named varieties of willows.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs134/en/ World Health Organization for policies and guidelines on sustainable wildcrafting.