"The mission
of the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association is to enhance its
members' business success through political leadership, education.
marketing, research, certification and services."
About FNGLA
FNGLA is Florida’s oldest and largest
association targeting the needs of the Florida’s environmental
horticulture industry, which has an estimated $9.9 billion in
industry-wide sales annually. Through FNGLA’s efforts, the entirety of
Florida’s nursery and landscape industry benefits! In 2002, FNGLA
celebrated 50 years of industry representation.
The Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscaper Association (FNGLA) is a
vibrant network of professionals who work in unison to shape the future of
Florida’s nursery and landscape industry. Through the association’s
activities, FNGLA strives to advance member’s business interests and
enhance their success.
FNGLA is a member-driven association that recognizes the need for
individual industry members to unify. FNGLA works to better the industry,
raising the bar on professionalism by spearheading marketing programs,
providing promotional and educational venues for members, taking a
leadership role in protecting and promoting our members’ business
interests, communicating the latest industry issues and providing
professional accreditations to interested individuals.
History
Until 1951, the Florida State Nurserymen
had been a part of the Florida State Florist and Nurserymen Association.
In May of that year, some nurserymen members felt that with the growing
importance of the nursery industry within Florida and with concerns not
shared by the Florist group, a separate organization was needed.
The first official organized meeting was held in Miami on May 25-27, 1952
and a plan of organization was adopted. Dave Stabler of Winter Haven
Nursery agreed to be president. James F. Griffin, Jr. came to what was
then called FNGA as Executive Secretary in early 1953. Since that time,
FNGLA has gained strength, popularity and clout—absorbing the Florida
Foliage Association in 1993, the Florida Ornamental Growers Association in
1995 and the Florida Landscape Designers Association in 1999. During this
time, FNGLA established itself as one of the largest and most active
nursery associations in the country with a membership base of over 2300
professionals.
Now in it’s sixth decade serving the industry, FNGLA is in its prime! The
association represents all walks of the industry--foliage, woody
ornamental and floriculture producers, interiorscapers, retailers, allied
suppliers and landscape professionals – as proven by the recent addition
of "landscape" to the FNGA name—making the association the Florida
Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association, FNGLA. Landscape contractors,
landscape designers, landscape architects and the like now have an
association targeting their needs. Government representation & monitoring,
professional education and marketing projects encompass just some or the
services provided by FNGLA to members and the industry.
