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American
Horticultural Society
at George Washington’s River Farm
7931 East Boulevard Drive
Alexandria, VA 22308-1300
Tel: 703-768-5700
Fax: 703-768-8700
Website:
http://www.ahs.org
Media Contact: Viveka Neveln, (703)
768-5700 ext. 120 or
vneveln@ahs.org
The American
Horticultural Society's
2008 Book Award Winners
Alexandria, VA - March 10, 2008
Each year, the
American Horticultural Society recognizes
outstanding gardening books published in North
America with its annual Book Award. Books are
judged by the AHS Book Award Committee on
qualities such as writing style, authority,
accuracy, and physical quality. This year’s
four recipients, selected from more than 50
nominations of books published in 2007, are:
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Foliage
by Nancy J. Ondra (Storey Publishing)
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A Natural
History of North American Trees by Donald
Culross Peattie (Houghton Mifflin Company)
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Perennial
Vegetables by Eric Toensmeier (Chelsea
Green Publishing Company)
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Viburnums
by Michael Dirr (Timber Press)
The AHS Book
Award is typically given to publishers for a
single book published in a specific year.
However, this year the Book Award Committee
wished to recognize two nominations that are
part of a series or regularly revised
reference that over time has become an
invaluable addition to horticultural
literature. An AHS Citation of Special Merit
is being award to:
Susan C.
Eubank, a horticultural librarian for the Los
Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in
Arcadia, California, chaired the 2008
committee. Other committee members were
Gene Bussell, a garden editor for
Southern Living magazine in Birmingham,
Alabama; Thomas Cooper of Watertown,
Massachusetts, former editor of
Horticulture and The Gardener magazine;
Doreen Howard of Roscoe, Illinois, a
former garden editor for Woman’s Day
who writes for various garden publications;
Marty Ross, a regional contributor for
Better Homes & Gardens and writer for
Universal Press Syndicate who lives in Kansas
City, Missouri, and in Hayes, Virginia;
Marcia Tatroe of Centennial, Colorado, a
writer for the Denver Post and
Sunset magazine; and Marty Wingate
of Seattle, Washington, a columnist for the
Seattle Post Intelligencer.
The 2008 AHS Book Awards will be presented to
the publishers of the winning books during the
Great American Gardeners Awards Ceremony and
Banquet, held on June 6, 2008, at the AHS
headquarters at River Farm in Alexandria,
Virginia.
For more information about the AHS’s Book
Award Program, please contact Viveka Neveln at
(703) 768-5700 ext. 120, or
vneveln@ahs.org.
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The American
Horticultural Society (AHS), founded in 1922, is an
educational, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that
recognizes and promotes excellence in American
horticulture. One of the oldest and most prestigious
gardening organizations, AHS is dedicated to making
America a nation of gardeners, a land of gardens. Its
mission is to open the eyes of all Americans to the
vital connection between people and plants, to inspire
all Americans to become responsible caretakers of the
Earth, to celebrate America’s diversity through the
art and science of horticulture; and to lead this
effort by sharing the Society’s unique national
resources with all Americans.
7931
East Boulevard Drive - Alexandria VA 22308
(V) 703.768.5700 - Toll Free: 1.800.777.7931
(F) 703.768.8700 - Publications Fax: 703.768.7533
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