The All-America Selections organization tests new garden seed varieties all over North America and selects the ones with superior garden performance.  The best are named annually as AAS winners. SWIMGA is proud to have one of the three Indiana AAS Display gardens.

Every year, AAS supplies SWIMGA with seeds of current and past flower and vegetable winners. Our Master Gardeners grow the seedlings and plant them for display. The plants in our 2009 AAS garden included peppers, squash, pansies, tomatoes, eggplants, gaillardias, zinnias, petunias, nicotiana and snapdragons. This is an excellent way for the public to see these proven varieties firsthand.

In 2009 our AAS display garden was recognized as the “National Category 1 Award Winner for Exemplary Education.”