Category: Awards
Cascading hydrangea and slender ginkgo win top honors
Fairytrail Bride hydrangea and Skinny Fit ginkgo earn 2025 Plant of the Year titles, recognized for innovation and performance by the Nursery & Garden Industry.
Terra Nova Nurseries perennial awarded at CSU Flower Trials
Terra Nova Nurseries recently announced that its sedum ‘Conga Line’ variety received the Best of 2024 Perennial award at the Colorado State University (CSU) Flower Trial Gardens.
Proven Winners ColorChoice variety gets a Green Thumb Award
The Green Thumb Awards are an annual competition recognizing outstanding and innovative new plants and garden products.
2025 GPN/Prospiant Intern of the Year: Theodore Salgado
Many college students dream of turning their academic passions into full-fledged careers, and for many an internship is the path toward that success.
Harrell’s names Adam Wright 2024 Sales Professional of the Year
Employee-owned Harrell’s has named Adam Wright of the Turf Florida team as its 2024 Sales Professional of the Year (SPOTY),
Terra Nova Nurseries earns top honors at plant trials
Terra Nova Nurseries garnered numerous awards at the 2024 Penn State Flower Trials, Aris Trial Gardens and University of Georgia (UGA) Trial Gardens.
AmericanHort Scholars program seeks horticulture students
Applications are now open for the AmericanHort Scholars program, which offers students studying ornamental horticulture, floriculture or related fields an opportunity to gain industry insights and hands-on experience at Cultivate’25.
HRI awards 2024 Akehurst Scholarship
The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) has named Elliott Kenney, a graduate student in landscape architecture at the University of Maryland, as the 2024 recipient of the Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship.
Forty Under 40 Perspectives: Overlap between the practical and the economic
Within ag, we are very siloed and niched. We have our subsectors and our expertise, and while we need people to be specialized, I realized that lessons learned in one area are rarely shared with other sectors. There is probably something you know or built that would benefit another agricultural industry, but how do you deliver that information?
Nov. 1: Don’t miss the deadline for the GPN/Prospiant Intern of the Year Scholarship
Nominations are still open for the 2025 GPN/Prospiant Intern of the Year Scholarship, but won’t be for long.
Jackson & Perkins roses are American Garden Rose Selections winners
Jackson & Perkins announced that two of its Floribunda roses, Like No Other (above, left) and Soaring to Glory, have been named winners in the 2025 American Garden Rose Selections (AGRS) program.