American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)

The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is a professional/scientific society that organizes an annual conference and other meetings focused on horticultural science—covering plant production, crop management, breeding, and related applied research. ASHS hosts an Annual Conference (e.g., ASHS 2025 Annual Conference), provides detailed conference policies and registration information, and lists contact info for meetings (meetings@ashs.org). Its focus is horticulture (subset of agriculture/natural resources) rather than broad state agriculture policy, NASDA, forestry, or land management; but its conferences are relevant for agriculture, farm services, and some natural-resources topics (plant/landscape/production systems).