National Garden Bureau’s Calendar Checklist of Events and Deadlines For Members Key: Bold dates are hard deadlines for NGB members and have a checkbox for your use Italicized blue dates are FYI dates January 15 Deadline to pay NGB membership dues for the year – 1 Website go live date with new info for next year’s Garden Products – 2 Consumer announcement of NGB Year of crops for current year – 15 Reserve ads on NGB website and e-newsletters – 28 NGB member announcement of NGB Year of crops for next year – 31 AAS January Winner introduction: sales commence (approx. date) – February 1 Decide which New Varieties to display at GWA Symposium in Salt Lake City – 1 - Contract with local grower to grow, finish or hold plants for GWA Symposium March 2/3—Press release: NGB Travels CAST with garden influencers 15 Flowers from seed breeders: confirm participation in NGB Survey – 15 CAST participants: Submit your preferred hashtags for CAST – April 1 NGB Year of crops for next year announced to breeders – 7—Press release: Dates of CA Veggie Trials announced 15—Press release: Garden Grant program now open for applications 15 Flower seed breeders: receive workbook for NGB Flower Seed Survey – May 15 Flower seed breeders: deadline to submit data for Flower Seed Survey – 15 Vegetable breeders: confirm participation in Vegetable Survey – 20 Veggie Trial participants: confirm hotel and/or meal sponsorships for – #NGBPlantNerds June 15 Vegetable breeders: receive workbook for Vegetable Seed Survey – 15 Vegetative breeders: confirm participation in Vegetative Cutting Survey – 20 Flower seed breeders: return Confidentiality Agreement and payment for Flower – Seed Survey results 21 Start gathering photos for next year’s Year of crops –
National Garden Bureau’s Calendar Checklist of Events and Deadlines For Members Key: Bold dates are hard deadlines for NGB members and have a checkbox for your use Italicized blue dates are FYI dates January 15 – Deadline to pay NGB membership dues for the year 1 – Website go live date with new info for next year’s Garden Products 2 – Consumer announcement of NGB Year of crops for current year 15 – Reserve ads on NGB website and e-newsletters 28 – NGB member announcement of NGB Year of crops for next year 31 – AAS January Winner introduction: sales commence (approx. date) February 1 – Decide which New Varieties to display at GWA Symposium in Salt Lake City 1 - Contract with local grower to grow, finish or hold plants for GWA Symposium March 2/3—Press release: NGB Travels CAST with garden influencers 15 – Flowers from seed breeders: confirm participation in NGB Survey 15 – CAST participants: Submit your preferred hashtags for CAST April 1 – NGB Year of crops for next year announced to breeders 7—Press release: Dates of CA Veggie Trials announced 15—Press release: Garden Grant program now open for applications 15 – Flower seed breeders: receive workbook for NGB Flower Seed Survey May 15 – Flower seed breeders: deadline to submit data for Flower Seed Survey 15 – Vegetable breeders: confirm participation in Vegetable Survey 20 – Veggie Trial participants: confirm hotel and/or meal sponsorships for #NGBPlantNerds June 15 – Vegetable breeders: receive workbook for Vegetable Seed Survey 15 – Vegetative breeders: confirm participation in Vegetative Cutting Survey 20 – Flower seed breeders: return Confidentiality Agreement and payment for Flower Seed Survey results 21 – Start gathering photos for next year’s Year of crops
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