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Aquatic Gardeners Association

The official page of the Aquatic Gardeners Association. We also have a lively Facebook group. The Aquatic Gardeners Association, Inc.

is an international nonprofit organization of aquatic plant enthusiasts, which appeals to both beginners and experienced hobbyists alike. The AGA publishes a printed quarterly journal called The Aquatic Gardener, the only English language journal devoted to aquarium plants and planted aquaria. AGA members receive a FREE subscription to The Aquatic Gardener and all special publications. Members can

purchase hard to find aquarium plant books, magazines, and back issues. We also hold a semi-annual convention and an annual online aquascaping contest.

08/24/2026

The Aquatic Gardeners Association mourns the passing of our friend, and pillar of the aquatic plant community, Christel Kasselmann. A true icon of the aquarium plant hobby, she was a passionate advocate for the beauty and diversity of aquatic plants, both in the wild and in the aquarium.

Her knowledge, photographs, and collective writings helped countless aquarium enthusiasts better understand and appreciate the underwater plant world. The Aquatic Gardeners Association is grateful for her lasting contributions to our hobby and community.

We extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends, and all who were fortunate to know and learn from her. The aquatic plant world has lost an irreplaceable treasure. She will be deeply missed.

08/19/2026

AGAIAC 2026 entries have been flooding in across every category, and we’re already seeing some incredible layouts from around the world.

While this year’s competition is heating up, we wanted to take a look back and celebrate our 2025 category winners and the aquascapes that took home top honors last year. 🌿🏆

AGAIAC welcomes aquascapers of all skill levels, so don’t be afraid to enter. Whether you’re new to the hobby or have been doing this for years, we’d love to see what you’ve created.

Get your AGAIAC 2026 entry in by 10/4!

08/01/2026

We are so excited to announce the 2026 AGA International Aquascaping Contest is officially open and ready for your entries into our categories: Aquatic Garden, *New* Classic, Biotope, Wabi-Kusa, Paludarium, and Riparium!

Full details and rules are now live on the site, and this includes our new Classic category! As promised we will be sharing another post about this new class very soon, however rules, criteria, and examples of the style we’re looking for are listed in the guidelines section of the website.

Entries close October 4th with results dropping November 7th. Plenty of you have been growing out scapes for this, and we are so excited to see them!

Enter at agaiac.org. Link in bio.

07/18/2026

AGAIAC26 ANNOUNCEMENT! 🔥

We’re looking back to our roots. Just as we once added Riparium for pond-style layouts, we’ve watched classic aquascaping lose its place in modern contests. These layouts are beautiful and masterfully grown, but rarely crack the top rankings today. Inspired by ScapeCrunch’s 2024 Garden Style contest, we reached out to the originators and asked to give it life on our platform.

For 2026, we’re adding “Classic” as a new specialty category. A convergence of the true aquatic plant enthusiast and 1:1 perspective aquascaping, drawing from the foundational styles that brought the AGA contest here.

Don’t worry, the standard Aquatic Garden categories aren’t going anywhere! We hope you’re as excited as we are!

07/13/2026

The AGA International Aquascaping Contest is back for 2026!

We know many of you have been growing out entries waiting for this news. The wait is over! Submissions open August 1st and close October 4th, with results dropping November 7th.

Full details at agaiac.org. Link in bio.

04/25/2026

The AGA convention is in full swing! Such a fantastic weekend learning, watching, and having fun with like minded hobbyists from around the country and world!

04/23/2026

The donations from Tropica Aquarium Plants have arrived. Huge thanks to Tropica for supporting AGA 2026 and helping make this event even better.

04/22/2026

We wanted to share the full schedule for those who might have missed it on our website!

--- THURSDAY, April 23 ---
9:15am meet in lobby for Field Trip to Mather Field Vernal Pools

--- FRIDAY, April 24 ---
9am Registration & Vendor Room Open

10:30am ZooMed Paludarium Demo by Nick Kinser

1pm Mini-Talk: Kapil Mandrekar of Aqua Natural/Pisces

1:30pm Aquascaping and Wabi Kusa Workshops

1:45pm Mini-Talk: Hector Ramirez Lara of Hector’s Everything Fertilizer

2:15pm Mini-Talk: Phil Farrell of North American Native Fish Association

2:45pm Mini-Talk: Luis Navarro of Seachem

3pm Daichi Araki of Aqua Design Amano

5:30pm Happy Hour begins

6pm Vendor Room Closes & Rare Species Charity Auction begins

7:30pm Aquascaping Demo with Dave Chow

Evening Hospitality Suite

--- SATURDAY, April 25 ---
8am Registration & Vendor Room Opens

9am Michelle Conrey
Water Chemistry for the Planted Aquarium

10:30am Chantz Cramer
North American Native Plants for Our Aquariums

11:45am Lunch (on your own)

1:30pm Randy Carey
Characins for Planted Aquariums

3:00pm Ivan Mikolji
Flora of the Orinoco

4:30pm Dave Chow
Aquascaping

6pm Vendor Room Closes

6:30pm Banquet with presentation by Brandon McLane

Evening Hospitality Suite

--- SUNDAY, April 26 ---
9:00am Auction Room opens for viewing

10:00am Mega All-Day Auction Begins

Visit www.aga2026.org/more to view the schedule.

04/20/2026

The AGA Mega Auction is back and it’s open to the public.

Sunday April 26 at 10am, the floor opens up for one of the best parts of any AGA convention. Fish, plants, inverts, equipment. Buy it, sell it, or just see what shows up. Sellers can register items in advance through My Group Auctions, details at aga2026.org/auctions.

And if you’re around Friday night, don’t sleep on the Rare Species Charity Auction at 5:30pm either. All proceeds go to Project Amazonas.

Register for AGA2026 at aga2026.org/registration. Link in bio.

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Sacramento, CA
942XX, 958XX

Website

http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/, https://agaiac.org/, https://www.aga2026.org/

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