The 2025 Farwest Show is now take submissions of fresh plant life introductions for the upcoming New Varieties Showcase .
Farwest is an one-year swap show and league serve the national nursery and nursery industriousness . The 2025 edition will take place August 20–22 , 2025 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland , Oregon .
" New plant introductions bring young biography to the immature industry , " said Allan Niemi , director of events for the Oregon Association of Nurseries . " They excite consumer , improve landscapes and move forward that eternal pursuit for prettier industrial plant and trees that really execute . "
" More than 4,000 passionate retail merchant , brokers , garden writer , and industry leaders browse the New Varieties Showcase every yr in lookup of the late and the greatest new plant introductions , " Niemi added . " Being in the showcase is a great way for breeders and agriculturist to both influence and dazzle their most prized prey audience , the green industry professional . "
All accepted entries are judged by a panel of industry experts , as well as the 4,000 - plus show attendees . The top vote - getters have the chance to acquire a Judge ’s Award or a People ’s Choice Award . For 2025 , two tier of submission are being offered .
Tier 1Entries will be feature online at FarwestShow.com and displayed in the New Varieties Showcase display at Farwest with Hip Labels plant rag labels . Each plant will become usable for listing on NurseryGuide.com plant search site and in the companion Nursery Guide book . Added - economic value incentives for grade 1 entries include reporting in the July subject of Digger cartridge ( $ 750 value ) and Hip Labels plant tag takeaways for meeter . Each Tier 1 submission costs $ 250 . The registration deadline is April 11 .
Tier 2Entries will be have online at FarwestShow.com and displayed in the New Varieties Showcase exhibit at Farwest with Hip Labels plant shred label . Each plant will become available for listing on NurseryGuide.com plant life hunting site and in the companion Nursery Guide playscript . Each Tier 2 meekness costs $ 90 . The registration deadline is June 13 .
To measure up for sanction accounting entry , plants must exhibit qualities of greater hardiness , increased efflorescence time , more vivacious colour , better drug abuse and/or better disease electric resistance . Entries must be unexampled market introductions for 2025 or 2026 . Additionally , they must be available for purchase for the upcoming 2026 season from at least one designated grower or supplier exhibiting at the 2025 Farwest Show .
At the 2024 show , 35 impressive new industrial plant varieties were on showing , include annuals , grasses , perennials , shrubs and trees . At that show , Starway to Heaven Nipponese Snowbell ( Styrax japonicus ' RNI - Rixred ' PP35353 ) was vote by Farwest Show attendees as the People ’s Choice achiever , and by professional judges as the proficient in Show succeeder , as well . It was a clean sweep .
The on-line conformation to resign entering is availablehere .
For more selective information : Farwest Showwww.farwestshow.com
Oregon Association of Nurserieswww.oan.org
