This is where the green industry’s storytellers, marketers, publishers, and brand leaders come together — not just to learn, but to connect deeply with the people, plants, and ideas that are actively shaping horticulture’s future. The GardenComm Conference at Farwest 2026 is your all-access week in Portland: two days inside one of the country’s most influential trade shows, two days of exclusive behind-the-scenes garden and nursery tours, and an awards dinner that celebrates the best in garden communications.

Shelley S. Cramm has prepared a program for Tarrant County Master Gardeners to inspire with details and delightful stories on some of the plants of the Bible that thrive in the north Texas area. Drawing from her recent book, My Father is the Gardener, published by BRIT Press at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and Fort Worth Botanic Garden, as well as years of research and devotional writing, Shelley will reveal horticultural subtleties as hidden treasures in the Scripture, showing the Bible to be the world’s oldest gardening book! copies of My Father is the Gardener will be available for …