Every year, All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau host a joint summer meeting for the horticulture and home garden industry. AAS judges, AAS Display Gardens, NGB members, other AAS Ambassadors, breeders, brokers, growers, retailers, media, garden writers and anyone who would like to attend to learn more about our organizations and our activities are welcome to attend.
Location: In 2018, this event takes us to the hospitable south. This year’s event will be held in two cities to give us even more to see in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Schedule overview
Tuesday, October 2: Registration is open from 4-6 p.m. and the Welcome Reception is from 6-8 p.m. at the Drury Inn and Suites New Orleans hotel.
Wednesday, October 3: Today is an immersion into the New Orleans culture with a ride on a streetcar then a walking tour of the Garden District, followed by visits to Perino’s Garden Center then the Display Garden, the New Orleans Botanical Garden, concluding with a “Dinner with Peers” along the esteemed Magazine Street.
Thursday, October 4: Today we’ll travel to Baton Rouge but first, a stop at the Hammond Research Station for their Fall Industry Field Day. Then a quick stop at one of the NGB therapeutic garden grant applicants, Options garden center. Then on to Baton Rouge for a hearty welcome from AAS Trial judges at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center including a tour of the very realistic recreated plantation in the LSU Rural Life Museum. The annual Awards Banquet is this evening, held at the beautiful LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens, an AAS Display Garden.
Friday, October 5: An optional but short morning swamp tour will precede the trip back to the New Orleans airport in time for afternoon and evening flights home. Swamp tour participants can book flights as early as 2 p.m.
All ground transportation, the welcome reception and 7 meals are included for $395 if booked early.