Paul Soniat is founding director of the New Orleans Botanical Garden and Celebration in the Oaks in City Park.

Beth Banting Perkins is a horticulturist, co-manager of a family-owned business, Banting's Nursery now in its 50th year of business.

Dr. William C. Welch is Landscape Specialist for Texas AgriLife Extension Service in the Horticultural Sciences Department at Texas A & M University.

Norman Winter, who received his bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University and master’s degree from Texas A&M University, is no stranger to the world of horticulture.

Chris Wiesinger, also known as "The Bulb Hunter," owns The Southern Bulb Company, a flowerbulb farm in East Texas that offers perennial flowerbulbs for warm climates.

Allen Owings is a horticulture professor with the LSU AgCenter located at the Hammond Research Station, Hammond, LA.

Dr. Carlos Smith is a county agent with the LSU AgCenter in Avoyelles Parish.

Dr. Owusu Bandele is a professor of horticulture at the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

Dr. Himelrick is professor of horticulture with teaching and extension responsibilities in fruit crops at the LSU AgCenter.

Carl Motensenbocker is a professor of horticulture at LSU and the LSU AgCenter in the School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences (Department of Horticulture) since 1991.