A Horticultural Network Providing Strength & Support
AmericanHort brings together every segment of the horticulture industry to share resources, expand knowledge, and grow networks.
Empowering Your Success
As the national horticultural association, AmericanHort works on your behalf, connecting you to resources, expertise, and opportunities to strengthen your networks, increase knowledge and skills to help expand your business.
Mission
To unite, promote, and advance our industry through advocacy, collaboration, connectivity, education, market development, and research.
Vision
To be the leading and unifying organization for the horticulture industry to cultivate successful businesses, and for our industry to enhance lives through the benefits of plants.
Future
To grow a strong and vibrant industry with positive economic, cultural, and social impact. Collaborate to achieve greatness, push potential, and engage others in the power of plants.
Leading the Way
As the voice of a $520 billion industry, AmericanHort is dedicated to advancing horticulture through a clear vision, mission, and strategic goals that guide the path forward.
Stronger Together
Community Connectors
A group of highly engaged industry professionals who are guiding the association and making a mark in the industry.
The green industry is made up of dynamic corporations and multi-generation family businesses, some spanning three to five generations. Together, the industry supports more than 2.9 million jobs and contributes $520 billion annually to the U.S. economy. It’s proof that when our industry thrives, so do the communities we serve.
Meet the AmericanHort Staff
Our team is made up of dedicated professionals committed to delivering on the AmericanHort Mission.
A Horticultural Legacy
AmericanHort was founded January 1, 2014, through the consolidation of the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) and the Association of Horticultural Professionals (OFA). But that is far from the beginning.
Tracing its roots back to 1876, ANLA was founded as the American Association of Nurserymen, Florists and Seedsmen. It changed its name to American Association of Nurserymen in the early 1880s with the departure of florists and seedsmen companies.
AmericanHort continues the long-lasting legacy of serving the interests of nursery and greenhouse growers, interior plantscape businesses, landscape firms, distributors, retailers, and allied suppliers.
