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
July 1 – Flower breeders: receive Flower Seed Survey results (if paid for) 1 – AAS July Winner introduction: sales commence 1 – Press release: Industry announcement of NGB Year of crops for next year 15 – Vegetable breeders: deadline to submit data for survey 15 – Vegetative breeders: receive workbook for Vegetative Cutting Survey 15 – CA Veggie Trial participants: Submit your preferred hashtags to be used during trials August 1 – Deadline to submit photos for NGB Year of crops for next year 15 – Deadline to return forms for GWA New Varieties Showcase 15 – Press release: Garden Communicator announcement of Year of crops for next year 15 – Vegetative breeders: deadline to submit data for survey 20 – Vegetable breeders: return Confidentiality Agreement and payment for Vegetable Seed Survey results September 1 – Deadline for NGB Fact Sheets written by member authors 1 – Vegetable breeders: receive Vegetable Seed Survey results (if paid) 20 – Vegetative breeders: return Confidentiality Agreement and payment for Vegetative Cutting Survey results October 1 – Vegetative breeders: receive Vegetative Cutting Survey results (if paid) 15 – NGB Invitation to submit New Varieties for next year 15—Press release: NGB Garden Grant Winner announced 16 -- Begin submitting photos for NGB New Varieties November 1 – Begin process of submitting Garden Products info to NGB 1 – NGB website go live date with new info for next year’s Year of 2—Press release: NGB’s Year of program for next year is live on website 15 – Deadline for submission of New Varieties for NGB’s New Varieties program 15 – AAS November Winner introduction: sales commence December 1 – Deadline for submission of Garden Products 1 – NGB website go live date with new New Varieties 2—Press release: NGB Member’s New Varieties now live on website 15 – CAST participants: confirm hotel and/or meal sponsorships for #NGBPlantNerds