1. International Society for Horticultural Science

2. A society of individuals, organizations, and governmental agencies devoted to horticultural research, education and industry to improve human wellbeing

3. Dating from 1864 and formally constituted in 1959, ISHS builds & maintains human knowledge and skills and biological resources in support of worldwide horticulture

4. Provides – through meetings and publications – both context and ongoing support for professional decision making

5. Explores and explains the many contributions of horticulture to a healthy human environment

6. ISHS in figures: >7000 Individual Members in 150 countries >150 Institutional Members 60 Country Members

7. Individual Members

8. Scientific Programme: each year ~ 45 meetings www.ishs.org/calendar

9. International Horticultural Congress IHC2002 Toronto: 2500 delegates IHC2006 Seoul: 2000 delegates IHC2010 Lisbon: 3600 delegates IHC2014 in Brisbane: 3290 delegates IHC2018 in Istanbul, Turkey IHC2022 in Angers, Loire Valley, France IHC2026 in.....

10. www.ihc2018.org XXXth International Horticultural Congress Istanbul, Turkey August 12-16, 2018

11. +60 years 1050 symposia 7000 members Acta Hort

12. All symposia published in Acta Horticulturae® All Acta (>1060) posted at www.actahort.org >58.000 full text articles More than 160 Library Subscriptions worldwide >20.000 page views per day!

13. Chronica Horticulturae Quarterly ISHS membership magazine Stay tuned to the world of Horticulture

14. the first ISHS peer- reviewed Journal owned and published by the ISHS Available in Print + ‘Online Open Access’ www.ishs.org/ejhs

15. Scripta Horticulturae ISHS publication series for special topics

17. www.harvestingthesun.org

18. www.pubhort.org

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