All-America Selections Field Day

What are All-America Selections?

All-America Selections is a non-profit organization founded in 1933. It is supported by seed producers who, through their host sites, trial new varieties of flowers and vegetables to select the best for introduction to the market. Varieties are coded during judging so their name, origin, and company are anonymous. Judging criteria are standardized at all trial plots.

UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research's trial garden on Totem Field, run by Dr. Andrew Riseman, is one of the 32 flower trial gardens in the US, Canada and Mexico. The wide geographical distribution of the trial gardens enables a full evaluation of the same variety's performance in different climates.

Why have a Field Day?

Last summer was a particularly good season for our field and we were sorry that it was not open to visitors to see the results of the hard work by Dr. Riseman and his student. This summer, we plan to have a field day so visitors can view the flowers at their peak and get a glimpse into next year's new plants!

Who is invited to attend?

The Field Day will be open to UBC Botanical Garden's Garden Pass Members, Patron Members, members of the BC Landscape and Nursery Association and members of the BC Council of Garden Clubs.

Details

The Field Day takes place on Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 at UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Parking is free. (Directions to UBC Botanical Garden).

Staff and volunteers will be on hand to give out information about this year's trials and answer questions.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to .

For more information about the All-America Selections, please visit http://www.all-americaselections.org/.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 4:39 PM on July 18, 2005