—Dewayne Ingram, ASHS President

The focus of ASHS is the science and discipline of horticulture. Our members make discoveries through research and ASHS provides avenues for vetting those discoveries through peer review. Research is an important focus for ASHS and must always be such. However, horticulturists are also engaged in the application and dissemination of those discoveries to our industries and the general public. This application and dissemination frequently occurs in the U.S. at the interface of research, Cooperative Extension, and industry. The other important interface for this exchange is undergraduate and graduate education. And we all know that the future of horticultural science rests with those being educated for careers in horticulture.

ASHS is pleased to announce the Workshop line up for this year's Annual Conference (subject to change):

The ASHS Outstanding Horticulture Student Awards officially recognizes exceptional undergraduate horticulture students in baccalaureate programs. Students enrolled in horticulture (including pomology, olericulture, floriculture, and landscape or ornamental horticulture) or in a plant science/crop science department with an emphasis or major in horticulture are eligible. ASHS is pleased to announce this year's awardees.

Biodegradable plastic mulches, breeding and genomics, water quality regulation, and advances in breeding fruit and vegetables will be featured discussions at the 2012 ASHS Annual Conference in Miami.

Join your colleagues at the Intercontinental Miami this summer for in-depth presentations on the following four topics: