California Spring Trials

Countdown to Spring Trials 2020 — Part 3
The California Spring Trials kicks off in just 30 days! In a few weeks, flower breeders and industry suppliers will set up shop along the California coast to showcase their latest and greatest. Will you... more »
Your California Companion
Are you headed to California next month for the California Spring Trials? If you are, have you started planning your trip and making all of your appointments yet? If you haven’t, be sure to check... more »

Countdown to Spring Trials 2020 — Part 2
The 2020 California Spring Trials countdown continues. In just 45 days, breeders and suppliers will gather along the California coast for five days of new variety trials and exhibits. If you haven't received GPN's California... more »

Countdown to Spring Trials 2020 — Part 1
The 2020 California Spring Trials kicks off in just 65 days! In just two months, breeders, suppliers and marketers across the country and even abroad will display their newest offerings to the market along the... more »
NGB to Host ‘Plant Nerds’ at California Spring Trials
National Garden Bureau (NGB), the non-profit organization promoting gardening on behalf of the horticulture industry and its members, announced it is traveling to the California Spring Trials (CAST) with four influential horticulturists. The goal and intent... more »

A Really Big Show
California Spring Trials took place in March this year. The earlier-than-normal date may have put some additional challenges on the growers who had to produce this year’s showstoppers but you never would have guessed that... more »

As ‘Scene’ at California Spring Trials
This year, for the first time in several years, California Spring Trials took place in March. The team from GPN and Lawn & Garden Retailer made our way down the California coast over five days... more »

Trending in Foliage
Earlier this year, I made it a point to read numerous articles analyzing gardening trends for 2019 and beyond. Some items were fairly predictable ... hello houseplants. Others seemed more like educated guesses, such as... more »