Aug 22, 2024

Yearly report published by National Garden Bureau

An organization that conducts plant trials has released its annual report.

The report from the Downers Grove, Illinois, based National Garden Bureau (NGB), , has released the first Annual Report for the newly combined organizations.

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.

Some highlights 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.