FANN celebrating 30 years of industry leadership with native plants

2016 is FANN’s 30th anniversary year! FANN President Terry Godts made sure that Native Plant Show attendees had a chance to meet some of our founding members and hear how this intrepid group of native plant pioneers started the nation’s first association of native plant growers. Terry presented a visual timeline, gave a warm fact-filled history of the founding of FANN and smuggled cookies past the catering service on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Details will be documented in future publications. Members were especially pleased to have founding president Carl Bates join us.

FANN has grown slowly but steadily from its initial small cluster of growers focused primarily on enthusiasts and restoration projects to the diverse membership we have today, including large and small growers, retail nurseries and garden centers, landscape architects, designers and install/maintenance firms, environmental professionals and allied service and trade firms. Our board and members remain focused & moving forward on leading the industry with native plant production, education, marketing and advocacy. FANN rocks!