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 those teams advancing to the 2026 in-person CDE at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa!
Floriculture: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Nursery & Landscape: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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.
Final Information for 2026 CDEs on Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape.
Below are some general resources to help prepare your students for the 2026 FFA Career Development Events in Floriculture and Nursery & Landscape:
Floriculture Identification
Floriculture Salesmanship (high school only)
Floriculture Greenhouse Operations
(excerpts from two chapters in The Horticulture Professional textbook)
Floriculture Plant Production/Potting (high school only)
(excerpts from three chapters in The Horticulture Professional textbook)
Floriculture Floral videos
Nursery & Landscape Identification
Nursery & Landscape Quality Control (high school only)
Nursery & Landscape Salesmanship (high school only)
Nursery & Landscape Production (from The Horticulture Professional textbook)
Nursery & Landscape Chemical Handling
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
