Shows & Conferences
FNGLA puts on a variety of shows & conferences throughout the year
bringing educational and networking opportunities to the membership base
and to the industry.
TPIE and The Landscape Show are nationally recognized tradeshows
that attract a combined 17,000 industry professionals yearly.
Short Courses are offered in conjunction with each event and seminars focused on specific
industry segments bring the latest technology and information to attendees.
TPIE is the trade event that offers everything foliage, floral and tropicals…all in one location, at one time, at one place. TPIE offers wholesale buyers the widest array of resources for foliage and tropical plants in the country. TPIE appeals to all types of commercial foliage, plant & cut flower buyers, including representatives from garden centers, supermarkets, chain retailers, wholesale and retail florists, interiorscape companies, rewholesalers, buying cooperatives, brokers, landscape companies, public gardens and more.
Hosted by FNGLA’s Landscape Division, The Landscape Design Tour 2-day event rotates locations throughout the state. The tour is known to consist of a day made up of educational programs and a day to explore area residential and commercial landscape projects.
Set during the spectacular Epcot® International Flower and Garden Festival, the program features exclusive behind the scenes tours of Walt Disney World Resort world class landscapes.
Hosted by FNGLA’s Floriculture Division and the University of Florida, the Floriculture Field Day 2-day event takes place in Gainesville, FL and provides a variety of opportunities to receive the latest information in the floriculture industry. Some focus areas include new crops and results from the research of the field trials provided by the university.
Convention is the venue for FNGLA’s Annual Meeting as well as the platform for presenting the year’s Industry Award Winners and FNGLA’s Year in Review.
At the Presidents’ Gala (typically held on that Saturday evening), the FNGLA President officially welcomes in the Incoming President with the traditional “big shoes to fill” ritual. FNGLA’s convention travels year-to-year around Florida at a site determined by the outgoing FNGLA President—typically at an upscale resort in the general vicinity of their company’s location.
The Landscape Show is recognized as one of the premier nursery and landscape trade shows in the country. Known in the 1950's as the FNGA Trade Meet, The Landscape Show has a long history of bringing thousands of members of nursery industry together.
The Great Southern Tree Conference is a cutting edge educational event centered around an outdoor demonstration area. Developed through the joint efforts of the Florida Nurserymen & Growers Association and the University of Florida, this conference is devoted
entirely to tree selection, landscape, production, establishment, marketing and management issues in the southern United States. Are you looking to better your business? Grow or install more or better plant material? Then mark your calendars for this premier industry event.
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