Last week I presented some of the new flower varieties for 2009
as presented by the National Garden Bureau. The National Garden
Bureau is a non-profit organization made up of growers and
horticultural companies from all over the world. Many of the
companies that send out your seed catalogs each winter belong to
the NGB. The organization was formed in 1920 but didn't come
into its own until just after World War II. People who planted
those famous Victory Gardens in backyards all over the world
discovered they liked gardening and growing their own food and
flowers. Gardening went from a way to provide food and offer
attractive foundation plantings around homes to a hobby that
garnered the interest of millions of people worldwide. With the
help of the members of the NGB, backyard gardeners became not
only more educated about gardening, but were given more
opportunities to grow their plants and vegetables from seed.
Each year, the organization introduces new varieties of fruits,
vegetables and flowering plants th