Ep 15: Diane Blazek of National Garden Bureau and All-America Selections

🌱 What makes a new plant truly garden-worthy?Diane Blazek, Executive Director of the National Garden Bureau and All-America Selections, joins Chad to explain how new plant varieties are tested across North America before reaching growers and home gardeners.They explore:🧪 How All-America Selections trials new varieties🏅 What it takes to earn a Gold Medal🌎 Why plants must perform across different climates💧 How breeders are developing easier, lower-input plants🥬 Why cabbage seed sales unexpectedly exploded🐝 The growing demand for pollinator-friendly and drought-tolerant plants📱 How misinformation and negativity affect gardening onlineDiane also shares the accidental wedding-gift mishap that led her to All-America Selections—and why she remains optimistic about horticulture’s future.Learn more:🌻 All-America Selections: https://www.aaswinners.com/🌿 National Garden Bureau: https://ngb.org/🏆 Explore AAS Winners: https://www.aaswinners.com/🥬 Learn about brassicas: https://ngb.org/year-of-the-brassica/