Captures Members and Fills Growing Need

The HortNetWORK began its 5th year in 2008!  Our vibrant and growing nonprofit organization continues to attract members and deliver interesting programs designed to bring Green Industry professionals together to share information, provide educational opportunities and work in cooperation with one another.  Thank you for visiting our website. We invite you to learn more below and check back with us from time to time. Our site is under construction, email suggestions or questions about our organization by completing our simple contact form.

The Need

Rooted in an agriculture history, today’s green industry involves much more than plants and crops.  Today, a wide range of services, career opportunities and business areas comprise the Green Industry, including:  golf course management, athletic field maintenance, nursery crop sales and production, turf grass sod production, greenhouse crop production, interior landscape design and maintenance, sprinkler irrigation design and construction, landscape construction, floral design and much more.

In the U.S. alone, this nearly $150 billion-dollar a year industry has created careers where 50 years ago no jobs existed.  As the green industry’s business owners and employees look ahead to the next 50 years, leaders recognized the need for an organization such as The HortNetWORK to create a professional atmosphere of learning and exchange. That’s how The HortNetWORK started.  A cluster of about six dedicated Green Industry professionals desired to build a community of members learning and sharing with each other.

Founding Premise

A rising tide lifts all ships.  The HortNetWORK today has created a swell of interest and serves as an umbrella nonprofit organization covering all niches of the Green Industry providing a place for members to come and participate. The HortNetWORK embraces each segment of this dynamic industry and seeks to fulfill the needs of its members.