Oct 1, 2024

National Garden Bureau publishes annual report

The National Garden Bureau (NGB), an organization that conducts plant trials, has released the first Annual Report for the newly combined organizations.

The report from the Downers Grove, Illinois, based organization highlights the varied programs and promotions the organization has accomplished in the past year.

The NGB-AAS (All-America Selections) annual report is designed to give insights on the organization’s trial activities, marketing efforts, promotional efforts and accomplishments as well as the current financial standing.

Some highlights from this year’s report include:

• AAS Trials
• AAS Display Gardens
• AAS Combined Judges
• AAS Winners and New Plants
• National Garden Bureau’s 2025 “Year of the” crops

The report is on the AAS and NGB websites.

The organization is also promoting the 2025 International Plant Trialing Conference, scheduled for Oct. 13-16 in Bloomington, Minnesota.

All-America Selections was founded in 1932 and is the oldest independent plant testing organization trialing in. Every year, never-before-sold varieties are trialed in the group’s trial grounds where professional horticulturists determine which varieties will be deemed winners based on their garden performance. AAS relies upon a public relations program to inform gardeners about AAS Winners that are announced three times a year.