Attendee counts:-11,900+

Tropical Plant International Expo (TPIE) 2026 – Event Overview

When & Where

• Dates: January 21–23, 2026

• Venue: Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

What Is TPIE

TPIE is the leading global trade event showcasing the latest trends in foliage, floral, and tropical plants — bringing together growers, garden-center buyers, landscapers, interiorscape professionals, retailers, florists, and plant wholesalers.

Who Attends

The expo draws a broad cross-section of the plant, horticulture, and landscaping world, including:

• Garden center owners and retail buyers

• Landscapers, interiorscapers, and facility/resort grounds-maintenance teams

• Growers, nurseries and plant producers

• Floral-designers, florists, and specialty plant retailers

• Online plant retailers and e-commerce plant sellers

• Landscape architects, designers, and green-space developers

• Vendors and suppliers of pots, containers, soil, gardening supplies, and related products

• Plant-industry service providers, distributors and exporters

  
  

Industry & Market Coverage

TPIE spans the full horticulture and plant-supply ecosystem, including:

• Tropical and house-plants (tropical foliage, palms, indoor plants, rare & exotic species)

• Outdoor and landscape plants (ornamentals, tropical landscaping species, palms, shrubs)

• Floriculture, decorative plants & florals

• Indoor-scaping, biophilic design, and commercial/residential green-space plants

• Plant containers, pots, soils, fertilizers, plant care products

• Wholesale distribution, sourcing & supply-chain services for plant retailers and nurseries

  
  

What to Expect

• Massive Exhibition Floor: Hundreds of exhibitors and more than 1,000 booth spaces — showcasing tropical plants, foliage, landscaping products, containers, soil mixes, gardening tools, and decorative plant accessories.

• International Marketplace: Attendees and exhibitors from 50+ countries — making TPIE a truly global sourcing event for plants and horticulture products.

• Education & Workshops: Sessions and workshops throughout the expo covering plant care, landscape design, interiorscaping, nursery management, trend-spotting, and business practices for garden centers and plant retailers.

• Pre-Show Road Show (Nursery Tours): A day before the main expo, a guided tour visits top-tier nurseries around South Florida — offering visitors direct exposure to production-scale operations, latest breeding and cultivation methods.

• Networking & Industry Connections: Ideal environment to meet growers, wholesalers, retailers, landscapers, distributors, and other professionals — building partnerships, sourcing products, and discovering trends.

  
  

Why Attend

• Source high-quality tropical, foliage, and landscape plants directly from growers and producers.

• Access a wide network of industry professionals — suppliers, retailers, landscapers, nurseries — under one roof.

• Stay updated on latest plant trends, varieties, supply-chain innovations, and market demand.

• Explore new products, gardening supplies, and landscaping-industry offerings — useful for garden centers, landscapers, or interior-landscape businesses.

• Gain insights from workshops and educational sessions to improve plant care, business operations, and plant retail/wholesale strategies.