The National Garden Bureau is dedicated to the dissemination of accurate information so that home gardeners can successfully grow flowers and vegetables from seed. The purposes of the NGB are:

• To educate home gardeners in the use of flower and vegetable seed and bedding plants from seed.
• To create, collect and disseminate accurate, factual information about growing these crops successfully.
• To update this information by bringing to the attention of the public new developments in gardening, such as better growing methods and materials.
• To make gardeners aware of the economic, esthetic, nutritional, ecological, psychological and health benefits that can be achieved by growing their own gardens from seed and bedding plants from seed.