Associations of which Plant Delights Nursery is a Member
- American Fern Society
- American Horticultural Society
- American Hosta Society (Carolinas Chapter)
- American Iris Society
- American Nursery and Landscape Association
- American Public Gardens Association, Institutional Member
- Cactus and Succulent Association
- Friends of the JC Raulston Arboretum (Founding Member)
- Garden Writers of America
- Hardy Fern Foundation
- Hardy Plant Society
- International Aroid Society
- International Bulb Society
- International Palm Society
- International Plant Propagators Society
- North American Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter)
- North Carolina Native Plant Society
- North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association
- Pacific Bulb Society
- Perennial Plant Association
- Pi Alpha Xi
- Royal Horticultural Society, UK
- Southeastern Palm Society
- Southern Appalachian Botanical Society