Managing a Botanic Garden

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ThinkFree Online Office Software
ThinkFree is a free alternative to using Microsoft Office. You can create, edit, share and access files from anywhere over the Web. It's all Microsoft Office compatible and has an easy, intuitive interface. You get 1GB free storage too, so its in effect a virtual office.

Bauble Botanical Collection Management
Bauble is a software application to help you (yes you) manage a collection of botanical specimens. It is intended to be used by botanic gardens, herbaria, arboreta, etc. to manage their collection information. It is a open, free, cross-platform alternative to BG-Base and similiar software.

BG-BASE
BG-BASE is a powerful, well proven database application for managing records of collections of biological material. In wide use by botanic gardens, arboreta, and herbaria, BG-BASE facilitates basic inventory control, and enables users to fully document, label and curate their collections.

The Institute of Horticulture
The Institute of Horticulture is the authoritative organisation representing all those professionally engaged in Horticulture in the UK & Ireland. The Institute provides the opportunity to make a really effective contribution to the future of Horticulture, and its importance as a career.