Resources related to starting an arboretum
- Questions to ask in developing the key purpose and focus of the garden
- Guide and Toolkit for New and Emerging Public Gardens (Longwood Fellows)
- How to plant a tree video tutorial (Iowa DNR)
- Sample Collections policy
- Collection Development Planning Guide (APGA)
- Characteristics of an exemplary living plant collection
- List of required information for plant records
- Collections Software Comparison
- Image of example label
- How to attach an ID tag to a mature tree
- Tree and Plant Terminology
BGCI's Manual on Planning, Developing and Managing Botanic Gardens
- Chapter 1 - Planning and Implementing Botanic Garden Design Projects
- Chapter 2 - Governance Models, Human and Financial Resources Development
- Chapter 3 - No Plant Collection without a Strategy or Policy
- Chapter 4 -The Plant Collection in the International Policy Context
- Chapter 5 - Collection Record Management Systems
- Chapter 6 - Horticulture Mananagement
- Chapter 7 - Using the Plant Collection - Research, Conservation, Education, Public Engagement, Recreation, and Tourism
- Chapter 8 - Managing Environmental Sustainablity