Associations

January 3, 2022

PPA Issues Call for 2022 Landscape Design Award Entries

Do you have a project that showcases perennials? The Perennial Plant Association is excited to announce the application period for the 2022 Landscape Design awards is now open! Initiated in 1992, the PPA Landscape Design... more »

December 22, 2021

Proven Winners Calycanthus Wins Green Thumb Award

Proven Winners ColorChoice Simply Scentsational Calycanthus has been named winner in the shrub category in the National Garden Bureau’s 2022 Green Thumb Awards. Formerly managed by The Direct Gardening Association, the Green Thumb Awards are... more »

January 2022

2022: Year of the Peperomia

Each year, the National Garden Bureau designates specific crops to honor and promote at all levels of the industry. As part of its “Year of” program, the organization selects one annual, perennial, shrub, edible and... more »

December 20, 2021

Floral Marketing Fund Releases Consumer Houseplant Purchasing Study

The Floral Marketing Fund (FMF), along with co-sponsors Altman Plants, Costa Farms, Green Circle Growers, Hortica and Metrolina Greenhouses, have released the results of a consumer preferences study about houseplants conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results address trends in houseplant purchasing,... more »

December 15, 2021

November Retail Sales Put Holiday Season on Track to Set New Records

Retail sales continued to grow in November, putting the 2021 holiday season on the home stretch for record spending despite inflation, supply chain disruptions and COVID-19, the National Retail Federation recently reported. “Despite economic headwinds,... more »

December 2, 2021

PPA and NGB Partner for Consumer Webinar

The Perennial Plant Association and National Garden Bureau have partnered to present an exciting webinar focused on "Connecting with Consumers."  With so many dramatic changes having happened over the past 18 months, it is a... more »

November 22, 2021

Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado Announces 2021 ELITE Award Recipients

Colorado’s landscape industry association, Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC), recently announced the recipients of its 2021 ELITE Awards. The ELITE Awards is the only program of its kind in Colorado and recognizes landscape companies... more »

November 22, 2021

AAS Appoints Seven New Winners for 2022

All-America Selections, North America’s most well-known and respected non-profit plant trialing organization, recently announced the following new AAS Winners for the 2022 garden season. In a record-setting comeback, after a 17-year drought, the organization is... more »

November 19, 2021

Proven Winners ColorChoice Rose Receives Award

The American Rose Center has released results of their 2021 trials, and Proven Winners ColorChoice Oso Easy Double Pink rose was awarded the 2021 Volunteers of America Rose Garden Award for Best Shrub — Groundcover Rose. Awards were... more »

November 18, 2021

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Releases Top Six Trends for 2022 Gardens

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), an internationally recognized organization founded in 1827 and the producer of the world-famous Philadelphia Flower Show, has released its top six gardening trends for 2022. Andrew Bunting, vice president of... more »

November 5, 2021

Canadian Garden Council Names 2022 Year of the Garden

 The Canadian Garden Council (CGC) recently announced it has proclaimed 2022 as Canada’s Year of the Garden to celebrate the centennial of Canada’s ornamental horticulture sector on the occasion of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association’s... more »

October 28, 2021

AAS Announces 2021 Design Challenge Winners

All-America Selections’ 2021 Landscape Design Challenge theme was Diversity in the Garden, inspiring the AAS Display Gardens with a platform to create their own diverse garden using the resources they choose to represent the theme.... more »