Coinciding with its 85th anniversary celebration, AAS is hosting an open house at its new offices, and has also released its annual report.

Registration is now open for one of the summer’s most popular events for anyone wishing to connect and network with the home gardening industry.

All-America Selections has launched a newly redesigned and revamped mobile-responsive website that includes a more attractive design, enhanced search tools, and easier and simpler navigation.

Brokers, growers, mail order, and seed packet companies can purchase these varieties immediately. Retailers and consumers will find AAS Winners for sale for the 2017 gardening season as supply becomes available throughout the chain of distribution.

As the 2016 trialing season comes to an end, the National Plant Trials database, which was launched in 2012, added more than 11,600 ratings from 20 trial grounds this year.

Jim Nau of Ball Horticultural received the AAS Medallion of Honor, while Janika Eckert of Johnny’s Selected Seeds took home the Breeders Cup.

Registration is now open for the 2016 Summer Summit, which takes place in August and features a focus on the locally grown movement.

The event takes place Aug. 24-26, 2016, and will include tours of AAS Trials and Display Gardens as well as local businesses.

During the ASTA Flower & Vegetable Seed Conference, National Garden Bureau and All-America Selections elected new officers and directors.

Nine new plants trialed by horticulture experts throughout North America this year were deemed worthy of the All-America Selections brand. These varieties now become available for immediate sale to the commercial market.

The AAS annual awards banquet in Dallas, Texas, includes presentations to Dr. Elisabeth Sahin-Georgiadou of K. Sahin Zaden and Dr. Randy Gardener of North Carolina State University.