Awards

AGRS awards Star Roses and Plants in testing program

Star Roses and Plants has won three awards from the 2025 American Garden Rose Selections (AGRS) testing program. AGRS recognizes roses that are easy to care for, disease-resistant and suitable for different regions of the... more »

Proven Winners posts 2024 scholarship winners

Proven Winners continues to support the future of the green industry, and recently announced the winners of its 2024 scholarship program. The recipients were chosen for their passion for the industry and demonstrated excellence in... more »

Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation awards $134,592 for floriculture research funding

The Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation Research Fund of the American Floral Endowment (AFE) has announced its funding of 10 research projects for 2024, totaling $134,592. The projects focus on floriculture and related fields, aiming to... more »

American Horticultural Society wins GardenComm honors

The American Gardener, a membership magazine by the American Horticultural Society (AHS), received three awards from Garden Communicators International (GardenComm) at its annual conference Aug. 28 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. David J. Ellis, editor of... more »

Proven Winners earns top awards at Plantarium 2024

Proven Winners ColorChoice plants received major recognition at Plantarium 2024, a horticultural trade show held Aug. 21-22, in Boskoop, Netherlands. The event brought together growers, wholesalers and garden centers from around the world. Proven Winners... more »

Spring Meadow Nursery earns GardenComm Media Awards

Four awards were given to the creative team at Spring Meadow Nursery at the 2024 Media Award presentations at the Garden Communicators International (GardenComm) late-August conference held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This national award recognizes... more »

Proven Winners ColorChoice varieties awarded at 2024 Farwest Show

The Oregon Association of Nurseries Farwest Show concluded gave nurseries the opportunity to present cutting-edge plant varieties for display and award consideration in the New Varieties Showcase. Here are the winners of the 2024 Farwest... more »

Four growers are honored by Bailey

Bailey honored four of its brand licensee partners earlier this summer for exceptional contributions. Award categories included: Trial Grower of the Year, Endless Summer Grower of the Year, First Editions Grower of the Year and... more »

Forty under 40 perspectives: Local propagation is the future

It’s 2015 and I’m trekking 14 miles a day through fields of spruce, hoisting up branches with a gardening pole the length of my body. I’m praying not to spot the egg sac of an... more »

Retailers’ Choice from 2024 Farwest Show

As part of the Retailers’ Choice Awards, volunteer garden retailers highlighted 15 different products that caught their attention at the 2024 Farwest Show. The awards as chosen by the judges were presented at the show,... more »