USEFUL WEBSITES
free online GARDENING COURSES
The Garden Tutor course and the optional Master Garden Tutor Course Kit is an award-winning, crash course in gardening basics with the absolute beginner in mind. From “101 to a green thumb,” Garden Tutor can teach anyone how to design, install, and maintain the garden of their dreams. The course is FREE and takes 2-3 hours to complete.
This online resource, prepared in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society and presented by Alan Titshmarsh, will bring life to your learning. There will be eight modules in all. You can work through them, or simply dip in, it’s up to you. The modules cover everything you need to know to give you a great start in gardening
The Thrive Institute promotes a holistic approach to gardening that links nutrition, organic gardening, natural medicine and income generation. The free trial of the course allows you to experience the platform and will cover healthy soil practices that will help you increase your yields.
Zambian Websites
Flora of Zambia is a website dedicated to documenting this country's flora with pictures and identifications from Zambia's most experienced botanists. It also has sister sites in Zimbabweflora.com, Mozambiqueflora.com and Malawiflora.com. So if you are keen on learning more about indigenous plants in the regions this is a good place to start.
AGRICULTURE IN ZAMBIA
Agriculture in Zambia is a local blog targeting small scale farmers. It brings up local trends in the farming industry and may be of interest to new farmers
Flora of Zambia is a website dedicated to documenting this country's flora with pictures and identifications from Zambia's most experienced botanists. It also has sister sites in Zimbabweflora.com, Mozambiqueflora.com and Malawiflora.com. So if you are keen on learning more about indigenous plants in the regions this is a good place to start.
Zambian Books
A field guide to the (wetter) zambian miombo woodlands
This two-volume field guide covers the wetter miombo woodland of Zambia and is based on field work undertaken in the Mutinondo Wilderness Area of northern Zambia. Although based on Zambia, it contains much of interest for other countries in the region.
For further information contact the author directly at larimerrett@gmail.com.
a guide to the lesser known waterfalls of zambia
Flora of Zambia is a website dedicated to documenting this country's flora with pictures and idenfications from hundreds of lay botanists. .
For further information contact the author Quentin Allen [of Bushscapes Gallery) directly on +260 979602032
FLOWERS OF THE LIUWA PLAINS
A handbook by Robin Pope