Our misson is:

To professionally promote and enhance Australian's science and the horticultural industry.

Our mission is to be achieved through the following objectives:

• to encourage the scientific and scholarly study of horticulture
• to advance the introduction of scientific principles and practices into horticulture
• to promote the profession of Horticultural Science
• to introduce and implement codes of management and ethics for the profession
• to provide scientific and technical advice to government and industry organisations
• to foster communication with the International Society for Horticultural Science and other kindred societies both national and international.