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 membership
Thousands of Individual Members in over 150 countries
60 Country/Region Members
>150 Institutional Members

7. Scientific Programme:
each year ~45 meetings

8. 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.....

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

10. www.ihc2022.org XXXI International Horticultural Congress
Angers, France, August 14-20, 2022

11. Acta Hortic. eJHS Journal Global membership
+60 years
1100 symposia
Acta Hortic.
eJHS Journal
Global membership

12. All symposia published in Acta Horticulturae®
All Acta (>1100) posted at
> full text articles
More than 160 Library Subscriptions worldwide
> page views per day!
DOI cross-referenced

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

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

16. Scripta Horticulturae
ISHS publication series for special topics

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