"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.
