We're throwing a party! Yes, America in Bloom is 10 years old and we feel like celebrating!
To mark the occasion, our
10th Anniversary Symposium & Awards Program, October 6 - 8, is returning to the Washington, D.C. area, site of our first symposium, and boy do we have a program planned for you. Under the careful direction of our AIB Board member and judge, Katy Moss Warner, President Emeritus of the American Horticultural Society, and Tom Underwood, the AHS Executive Director, who are serving as Co-Chairs of this year's Symposium, we have something truly special planned. We're doing things a bit differently for the occasion, with some special guests, some special venues, some special features, and, we hope, you!!!
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By Dr. Charles R. Hall
Don Riddle Jr, an America in Bloom board member in the organization's early days, died last month. Don was a champion promoter of the power of plants to change lives. 
Ten Years of Best Ideas is 218 pages of the best and brightest examples of what various communities are actively doing to develop and improve their communities, as well as suggestions from AIB judges and experts.
"Al Ain Paradise," known as the "Oasis" or "Garden City" of the United Arab Emirates, has bested their 2010 Guiness World Record. In 2011 the park added 542 baskets to set the current record of 2,968 hanging baskets. The result? An eplosion of color in the middle of a desert. 
This award recognizes an individual who exemplifies community leadership through actions that reflect the mission of the organization. The award recipient, who must be from a city that has 
After almost 11,000 consumers voted in the 2010 American Garden Award contest, the program is back and bigger than ever for 2011. There are now 24 participating public gardens displaying 7 stunning new varieties (produced from both seed and vegetative cuttings) for the gardening public to choose as their favorite. All 24 gardens can be viewed on the AGA web site. 
