Become a Member and Join the NGB Community

By becoming a member of National Garden Bureau, you will benefit from an ever-expanding audience of gardeners – from those with small urban gardens of containers, hanging baskets and balconies to those with a large garden plot or acreage. NGB is committed to helping the horticulture industry grow by developing new programs and member benefits that increase the public’s love and excitement of gardening.

There’s an NGB Membership for You!

The National Garden Bureau welcomes horticulture industry companies (all along the chain of distribution), book authors, podcasters, bloggers, online garden course creators, students, educators, master gardeners and gardening enthusiasts to become members. Dues help provide resources, including communications centered on you, your products and your company to our community of active and engaged gardeners.

Member Benefits

Becoming a member of the National Garden Bureau gives you:

Company and Product Promotions: NGB has a multitude of ways to promote your products, brand and company including gardening blogs, newsletters, webinars, social media posts and more. These programs help educate and inspire home gardeners.
Networking opportunities: The NGB provides opportunities for members to network with other gardening professionals. This can be a great way to learn new things, share ideas, and build relationships.
Advocacy: The NGB is a strong advocate for the gardening industry. By becoming a member, you can help to support the industry and ensure that gardening continues to be a popular pastime.

If you are a business or organization involved in the gardening industry, then becoming a member of the National Garden Bureau is a great way to reach new customers and promote your products or services.

Connect More Deeply With the Gardening Community

The NGB community of over 102,000 social followers is ever expanding, engaged, and inquiring. We feature and mention member products throughout the year in NGB social media especially during the gardening season when interest is very high. Members may also be featured in our 30+ newsletters sent out each year.

2M Pinterest views/month during prime garden months
Pinterest Interests:
86% in Planting
86% in Home Decor
81% in DIY and Crafts
78% in Education

Facebook Demographics
79 Female/21% Male
72% are 18-44

Instagram Demographics
56% are ages 18-44

Monthly Newsletter
60K Subscribers

Promote Your Products

The National Garden Bureau website offers opportunities for all member types to reach consumers seeking information about gardening. The growing NGB site has over 16,790,000 impressions and 572,663 total page views each year. SEO-savvy marketers will be impressed to know that it has a 54 Domain Authority (per Moz.com), making it a good site for obtaining backlinks to your website.

New Plants

Garden lovers use the new plants and varieties and combination plant areas of our site to get ideas and select the plants and combinations for their gardens. Breeders, growers and retailers can feature plants in these areas of the site.

“Year Of” Plants

Each year, NGB selects and promotes one annual, perennial, bulb, edible, houseplant and flowering shrub as our “Year of the” crops. Members who sell these plants may advertise on our “Year Of” pages as part of their membership.

Inspirations Blog

Customers appreciate growing tips and inspiration for enjoying popular plant varieties. Members have the opportunity to guest post on the popular NGB “Inspirations” blog. The NGB site has a Domain Authority of 53.

Garden Products

Have a product gardeners should know about? As a member, you have the opportunity to feature gardening books, décor, gear and tools on the NGB featured products page. Outstanding new garden products may compete for recognition as a Green Thumb Award winner.

Present at an NGB “Ask the Experts” Webinar

Select membership categories have the opportunity to conduct a one-hour webinar in the “Ask the Experts” program. NGB webinars are promoted to the NGB community, are free to consumers, and are available on demand on the NGB website.

Free Entry into the Green Thumb Award Competition

NGB Members at the $1,200 level and higher are allowed to enter their new plants and products into the esteemed Green Thumb Award at no additional fee. Members at the $750 level are allowed one item for a $500 entry fee.

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