ISHS Membership Benefits Why should one register with ISHS
and be part of the growing ISHS
professional network including
over 7,000 international colleagues
from research institutions,universities and polytechnics,
parks, reserves, botanic andcommunity gardens, privatecompanies, and self-employedindividuals from across the entire
spectrum of horticulture andhorticultural science:
http://www.ishs.org

Financial
benefits> Potential discount on registration
at each ISHS Symposium valued at
EUR 60 per Symposium.
> 15 free downloads of Acta Horticulturae
per year valued at EUR 225.
> 4 free issues of Chronica Horticulturae
and a membership list valued at EUR 60
per year> Free online version of Scripta 		Horticulturae, say one copy per year;
value EUR 30 per year.
> Total potential financial benefits per 		member per year = EUR 375 per year.

Opportunities
for professional
development

Access toprofessional
publications> Free downloads (15 per year), valued 		at EUR 225, from more than 59,000
Acta Horticulturae full text articles; 		
unlimited additional downloads atEUR 8 per copy. (Non-members pay
EUR 15 per download).
> Receive a free copy of Chronica 		
Horticulturae 4 times a year, valued
at EUR 60 per year.

> Opportunity to advertise forprofessional placement throughthe ISHS web site.

> Discounted submission fees whenpublishing in eJHS, the ISHS Journal> Opportunity to access otherhorticultural journals and subsequent
downloads on-line throughwww.PubHort.org(78,000+ full text articles).

> Be eligible for Honorary membershipfor exceptional service to the ISHS.

> Opportunities to develop high quality
international research linkages and 		joint projects through contacts madeat symposia and congresses.
> Being a member of a society whose
members are critically important inundertaking research, development, 		education, training, consulting, andproduction of products and services 		
essential for human health, nutrition 		and wellbeing.

Affordable
membership> Affordable annual dues for a prestigious
professional international society thatembraces all facets relating to high value
crops and sustainable environments.
> Membership list containing names
and addresses of all ISHS members
and officers of the Society.

Access toscientificprogram> Close professional linkages to members
in 24 specialist Sections and Commissions
and over 150 Working Groups.

Access toprofessional
services> Professional networking with like-		
minded professionals.
> Be eligible for ISHS Fellow membershipfor outstanding contribution of 		horticultural science.

> Pride in belonging to the largest 		
professional society for horticultural 		scientists in the world with more than
7,000 members.

> Obtain free downloads of Scripta 		Horticulturae that now has 17 issues
on a diverse topic range.

> Opportunity to become a Chair or Vice
Chair of one of the Sections, Commissionor Working Groups.
> Be creative and pro-active in initiating
new specialist professional interest/		
working groups

Attractivepersonal
benefits> Access to a very efficient and user-		friendly executive office that has the 		interest of horticultural scientists as thecore of its business and that facilitates
the efficient organisation and runningof the Society’s affairs.

> Opportunity to participate, at a
discounted registration rate, and makeoral and poster presentations at one ormore of the 45-50 specialist symposia
held every year, throughout the world:
www.ishs.org/calendar/> Opportunity to attend, at a discounted
registration rate, and participate in theInternational Horticultural Congress 		held every 4 years.
> Opportunity to convene, and organise
an ISHS symposium based on your 		professional interest through your 		
Working group.