Individuals, organizations, and companies that receive these awards represent the best in American gardening and horticulture. Each has contributed significantly to fields such as plant research, garden communication, landscape design, youth gardening, floral design, and teaching.
Among this year’s winners is William A. McNamara, executive director and president of Quarryhill Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen, Calif., who is receiving the AHS’s highest honor, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Award, for his many important contributions to horticulture.
This year’s Great American Gardeners Award recipients are:
William A. McNamara (Glen Ellen, Calif.)—Liberty Hyde Bailey Award.
Thomas G. Ranney (Mills River, N.C.)—Luther Burbank Award.
Allen Bush (Louisville, Kent.)—Paul Ecke Jr. Commercial Award.
Brienne Gluvna Arthur (Raleigh, N.C.)—Emerging Horticultural Professional Award.
Melissa “Missy” Marshall (Pittsburgh, Penn.)—Landscape Design Award.
Vivian Boley (Alexandria, Va.)—Meritorious Service Award.
Tom Fischer (Portland, Ore.)—B.Y. Morrison Communication Award.
Julian Duval (Encinitas, Calif.)—Professional Award.
Lee Coykendall (Washington, D.C.)—Jane L. Taylor Award.
Johanna Roman (College Station, Texas)—Teaching Award.
Philadelphia Orchard Project (Philadelphia, Penn.)—Urban Beautification Award.
On Thu., June 8, the AHS will honor these award recipients during the Great American Gardeners Awards Ceremony and Banquet, held at the society’s headquarters in Virginia.
For descriptions of each award and brief biographies of this year’s recipients go to www.ahsgardening.org/awards.
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