Membership
Individual membership of IGC is normally through a national Garden Centre Association. Only one such association in each country can be a member of the I.G.C.A.
In countries where there is no formal national trade group, individual Garden Centre operators can apply for individual membership until such time as their country forms a national group and then they are required to join their national group.

Aims of IGCA
The International Garden Centre Association exists to provide a forum for the mutual exchange of information and benefit of similar minded independent garden retailers on a world-wide basis.

The objective is achieved through:
An Annual Congress held for one week in the fall, each year in a different host country. This comprises of a business meeting, which elects officals and administers the affairs of the Association, a concentrated business study tour and an excellent social programme. Individual Study Tours organised on an ad hoc basis by national groups which have special learning requirements.

The IGCA office
The IGCA office is located within the office of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association, in Milton, Ontario, Canada and it is under the direction of Mr. Victor Santacruz. You may reach the office by phone at +1 647 724 8630 or +1 905 875 1399. You may also contact Mr. Santacruz by email at victor.santacruz@canadanursery.com or his assistant, Ms Rebecca Wetselaar, at rebecca@canadanursery.com.

Please click here for the contact information of the national garden centre association members of the IGCA.

The International Garden Centre Association is committed to improve the state of the art of the Garden Centre Industry. To improve this, IGCA is

- organising annual congresses, offering Garden Centre visits, workshops, lectures, experience exchange platforms and social events

- networking with National Garden Centre Associations to exchange best pratices, ideas, methods and experience in order to offer added value to the individual Garden Centres

- offering a communication platform for the young generation to establish them in the Garden Centre business and to take advantage of the IGCA network

- offering a contact platform to the gree industry, the trade press to exchange information and experience

- establishing contacts to similar branch associations and/or horticultural institutions

The executive committee

Executive Board
	Sue Allen (UK) President Mrs Sue Allen The Millbrook Garden Company, Tubwell Lane, Jarvis Brook Crowborough , Sussex TN6 3RJ, United Kingdom Telephone +44 18 92 66 38 22 Telefax: +44 18 92 65 41 76
	Tom Courtright (USA) Past President Mr Tom Courtright Orchard Nursery & Florist 4010 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette CA 94549-3409, USA Telephone +1 925 284 4474, Telefax: +1 925 284 7993
	Nick Stodel (South Africa) Board Member Mr Nick Stodel Stodels Nurseries (Pty) Ltd., P.O. Box 3060, Tygerpark Bellville / Capetown, 7530, South Africa Telephone +27 21 919 11 08, Telefax: +27 21 919 70 98
	Rachel Doyle (Ireland) Board Member Mrs Rachel Doyle Arboretum Garden Centre, Klikenny Road Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, Ireland Telephone +353 59 972 15 58, Telefax: +353 59 972 16 42
	Christian Dinger (Germany) Board Member Mr. Christian Dinger DINGER´s gartencenter Köln Goldammerweg 361 50829 Köln, Germany Telefon 0221.958473-0, Telefax 0221.958473-50 www.dingers.de
	John Zaplatynsky (Canada) Board Member Mr. John Zaplatynsky GardenWorks at Mandeville 4746 SE Marine Drive Burnaby, BC, Canada Telefon 1-604-434-4111, Telefax 1-604-434-0240 www.gardenworks.ca
	Koichi Akatsuka (Japan) Board Member Mr. Koichi AkatsukaJ c/o Akatsuka Garden Co., Ltd. 1868-3 Takanoo-cho Tsu-shi Mie-ken 514-2293 JAPAN Tel: +81-59-230-1234; TeleFax: +81-59-230-0576
	Steen Vinkler (Denmark) Board Member Mr. Steen Vinkler Bo Grønt, Grenåvej 517, 8250 Egå Telephone: 0045 86 22 02 88 / direct: 0045 87 400 638 Telefax:0045 86 22 89 75
Administration	Mr. Victor Santacruz / Ms. Rebecca Wetselaar Canadian Nursery Landscape Association 7856 Fifth Line South, R.R. #4, Station Main MILTON, Ontario L9T 2XB, Canada Telephone +1.905.875.1399, Telefax: +1.905.875.1840 Mrs Gillie Westwood - Congress Manager UK Garden Centre Association Leafield Technical Centre, Leafield, Witney, Oxfordshire OX29 9EF Main switchboard: 01993 871000 Direct number: 01993 871456

List of the presidents since 1968