Gardening API or Openly Available CSV Database in the Site Talk forum

Oct 30, 2016 9:18 PM CST

Thread OP

Hello there!
This website is absolutely amazing and I was curious to know if you had any open documentation available for developers to access your database.
I am a student in a web developer program and my group and I would like to build a web application that would utilize the information you have on this site.

Thank you!

| @Aflor | Post #1309407 (1)

Australis

Oct 30, 2016 9:36 PM CST

Plants SuperMod

Name: Joshua
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Zone 10a)
Köppen Climate Zone Cfb

Hi Alfor and welcome to the site! @dave is probably the best person to answer this.

Plant Authorities: Catalogue of Life (Species) --- International Cultivar Registration Authorities (Cultivars) --- RHS Orchid Register --- RHS Lilium Register
My Notes: Orchid Genera HTML PDF Excel --- Lilium Traits HTML PDF --- Lilium Species Crosses HTML PDF Excel --- Lilium Species Diagram
The current profile image is that of Iris 'Volcanic Glow'.

| @Australis | Post #1309412 (2)

Last edited by Australis Oct 30, 2016 9:37 PM

dave

Oct 31, 2016 5:46 AM CST

Garden.org Admin

Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)

Hi Aflor, thank you for the kind words about the site. The database is not available for download and we do not have an API available for accessing it.

| @dave | Post #1309516 (3)

Australis

Oct 31, 2016 6:27 AM CST

Plants SuperMod

Name: Joshua
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Zone 10a)
Köppen Climate Zone Cfb

Hi @Alfor,

Just a thought - if you're after the species data, then the Catalogue of Life (http://catalogueoflife.org/) does make its data available as a CSV download. You could download the genera you are interested in that way. The CoL doesn't list hybrids, however; you'd have to go to somewhere like the RHS for specific registers of different genera (i.e. orchids, liliums, etc.).

Kind Regards,
Joshua.