The Green Thumb awards are sponsored by the National Garden Bureau, a nonprofit organization that exists to educate and inspire home gardeners. The winning products were selected based on their uniqueness, technological innovation, ability to solve a gardening problem or provide a gardening opportunity, and potential appeal to gardeners.
Winners of the 2026 Green Thumb Awards were chosen by two groups: There’s a people’s choice group of awards voted on by the public, and a professional choice group of awards voted on by horticulture experts at the National Garden Bureau. I am a member of the NGB, and I voted with the public on just about every category. A few of these winners also won All-America Selections honors that I wrote about earlier this year.
