This is your home for the tools you need to bring education, certification and a pathway to success for your students in Florida's nursery and landscape industry. Whether you need direction on preparing for FNGLA's horticulture or landscape certification exams, participating in FFA Career Development Events or finding connections to career opportunities for your students, FNGLA is your resource.
Congratulations to the winning teams from the 2026 CDEs at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa!
Floriculture:
Durant High School
Tomlin Middle School
Nursery & Landscape
Auburndale High School
Randall Middle School
Please check the Florida FFA website for the latest information on the Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape CDEs for 2027. Click on RULES for the latest handbook and on RESOURCES for past activities and study materials.
2027 FFA Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape CDE Preliminaries: Tentatively January 2027
2027 FFA Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape CDE: Tentatively March 2027
Information for 2027 CDEs on Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape
Below are some general resources to help prepare your students for the 2027 FFA Career Development Events in Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape:
Floriculture Identification
Floriculture Salesmanship (high school only)
Floriculture Greenhouse Operations (high school only)
(excerpts from two chapters in The Horticulture Professional textbook)
Floriculture Production/Interiorscape
(excerpts from two chapters in The Horticulture Professional textbook)
Floriculture Floral videos
Nursery & Landscape Identification
Nursery & Landscape Salesmanship (high school only)
Nursery & Landscape Plant Soil Water / Irrigation (from The Horticulture Professional textbook)
Nursery & Landscape Landscape Management (from The Horticulture Professional textbook)
Nursery & Landscape Equipment
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 FFA Career Development Events:
The 2025 CDE Preliminaries will take place Thursday, January 23, 2025 online.
The date and location for the 2025 in-person CDE is being finalized and will take place in the Orlando area.
Please check the Florida FFA website for the latest information on the Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape CDEs. Click on RULES for the latest handbook and on RESOURCES for past activities and study materials.
Here is the information on the 2025 CDEs on Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape.
2025 FFA Career Development Events Nursery & Landscape and Floriculture
Floriculture Identification
Floriculture Salesmanship
