General References

• LEED Certification, US Green Industry Council - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) - http://www.usgbc.org/
• Delaware Valley Green Buildings Council - http://www.dvgbc.org/
• Sustainable Sites Initiative (SSI) - http://www.sustainablesites.org/
• Sustainable Sites Initiative Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks 2009 - www.sustainablesites.org
• Octoraro Native Plant Nursery - see "Related Links" from the homepage for many additional websites www.octoraro.com
• North Creek Nurseries - see "Resources" - from the homepage for many additional websites - http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/
• Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association download PLNA's "White Paper on Green Infrastructure" - http://www.plna.com/?Page+About_Industry
• PLANET, Green Industry ECOnomics, Crystal Ball Report #29 - www.landcarenetwork.org

• Society for Ecological Restoration - http://www.ser.org/ 
• No Child Left Inside - http://www.learningbytheyard.com/
• Sustainable Sites Initiative (SSI) - http://www.sustainablesites.org/
• Meadow establishment & Maintenance - see North Creek Nurseries "Resources" page

• PA Envirothon - http://www.envirothonpa.org/ - see also your local County Conservation District Office (refer below)
• PA Center for Environmental Education - http://www.pcee.org/
• No Child Left Inside - http://www.learningbytheyard.com/
• Stroud Water Research Center - http://www.stroudcenter.org/

• PA Assoc. of Conservation Districts - http://pacd.org/
• USDA / Natural Resources Conservation Services ¡V http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs
• USDA Farm Services Agency (FSA) - http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=copr&topic=landing
• NRCS Conservation Technical Field Specifications -http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/efotg/
• PA DEP ¡V Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Manual ¡V http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/watershedmgmt/

• "Green Roof Plants - A Resource and Planting Guide" - Ed Snodgrass; available from Timber Press - http://www.timberpress.com/books/
• Green Roofs Association - http://www.greenroofs.org/
• Green Grid Roofing Systems - http://www.greengridroofs.com/
• Live Roof - http://www.liveroof.com/
• PSU Green Roof Research - http://horticulture.psu.edu/cms/greenroofcenter/

• See Government links above for conservation programs for your nursery/farm
• See Native Plants Journal below
• Hurst Biomass Boilers - http://www.hurstboiler.com/biomass_boiler_systems/
• Native Plant Societies - Google or Octoraro Related Links page
• Bayscapes program - http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/bayscapes.htm
• National Wildlife Federation - Garden for Wildlife - http://www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlife/
• American Beauty Native Plants - see Steve Castorani @ North Creek Nurseries - http://www.abnativeplants.com/
• "Plants for Livable Delaware" - http://ag.udel.edu/EXTENSION/horticulture/pdf/PLD.pdf

• Federal Highways (FHWA) - Roadside use of native plants manual http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/handbook.htm
• Enhancing Delaware Highways ¡V Roadside Vegetation & Management http://www.deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/manuals/edh/index.shtml
• Maryland Reforestation Law - http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/programapps/newreforest.asp

• Wild Ones - http://www.for-wild.org/
• Ecological Landscape Contractors Assoc. - http://www.ecolandscaping.org/
• See above PA Stormwater Management Symposium
• Bayscapes program ¡V http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/bayscapes.htm
• Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council (CCLC) - http://www.chesapeakelandscape.org/
• Mid-Atlantic Ecological Landscapes Partnership - http://www.maescapes.org/

• Watershed Organizations - PA Organization of Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) - http://pawatersheds.org/
• See links from Octoraro website "Related Links" page

• Native Plants Journal and Annual Resource Guide - http://nativeplants.for.uidaho.edu/
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbooks - http://www.bbg.org/gar2/handbooks/

• "The Rain Garden Planner" Terry Wallace available thru Schiffer Books http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=9780764331169
• New Jersey Rain Garden Reference Guide - http://www.npsnj.org/rain_garden_home.htm
• Rain Gardens Templates - http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org/raingarden_design/index.htm

• Stroud Water Research Center - http://www.stroudcenter.org/
• Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) - http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=lown&topic=cep
• See TreeVitalize (above)
• Wye Research & Education fact sheets - http://www.riparianbuffers.umd.edu/
• Riparian Buffer Model Ordinances -http://www.epa.gov/nps/ordinance/buffers.htm

• Sustainable Business Network - Philadelphia - http://www.sbnphiladelphia.org/
• Sustainable Philadelphia - http://www.sustainablephiladelphia.com/
• The Natural Step - http://www.naturalstep.org/
• Sustainable Landscapes - University of Delaware - http://ag.udel.edu/udbg/sl/
• Low Impact Development - http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org /

• Delaware Center for Horticulture - http://www.dehort.org/
• TreeVitalize - http://www.treevitalize.net/
• PA Horticultural Society - Philadelphia Green http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/phlgreen/index.html
• Tree-Mendous MD - http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/treemendous/
• Carbon Offsets - http://carbonfund.org