Fleuroselect
Website: www.fleuroselect.com
Fleuroselect is the international organization for the horticultural sector. For over 50 years, industry professionals have worked together to test and evaluate new pot and bedding plants, promote award-winning varieties, protect member varieties, network, and contribute to the development and advancement of the sector as a whole.
FlowerTrials
Website: www.flowertrials.com
The organization behind the variety fair, which takes place annually in week 24 (June) in the Netherlands.
More than 50 breeders of pot and bedding plants present their new innovations, creative concepts, and an incredibly wide range of plants.
All-America Selections (AAS)
Website: https://all-americaselections.org
All-America Selections (AAS) is an American organization, founded in 1932, that tests new seed varieties for garden use and promotes the best-performing selections through an awards program ("AAS Winners"). The testing program is conducted by horticultural professionals.
Naktuinbouw
Website: www.naktuinbouw.com
A Dutch organization that tests varieties, inspects seeds and plant material, and examines test material for diseases and pests, enabling horticultural businesses to trade their plant material worldwide. Together with national and international companies, organizations, and governments, they share their knowledge and expertise to promote learning and innovation. In this way, they provide the global horticultural sector with good, healthy, and reliable high-quality starting material and suitable varieties.
Plantum
Website: www.plantum.nl
Plantum is a Dutch trade association for 300 companies active in the breeding, cultivation and propagation of seeds and young plants.
MPS
Website: https://my-mps.com
MPS supports horticultural businesses worldwide in their efforts to operate more sustainably. They are committed to making the global horticultural sector more sustainable. They do this by making the sustainability efforts of horticultural companies transparent, measurable, and demonstrable. To this end, they have developed and manage a range of innovative certification standards and online and offline tools.
National Garden Bureau
Website: https://ngb.org
The National Garden Bureau is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to informing, inspiring, and motivating people to increase the use of garden seeds, plants, and products in homes, gardens, and workplaces by acting as the marketing arm of the horticultural industry. Our members are horticultural experts, and our information comes directly from these sources.
ASCFG = Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
Website: www.ascfg.org
An American organization that supports cut flower growers by creating accessible educational opportunities and research for growers at every stage of their development toward financially sustainable businesses.