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7931 East Boulevard Drive
Alexandria, VA 22308-1300
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American Horticultural Society's
2008 Great American Gardeners Award Winners

Alexandria, VA - March 10, 2008

The American Horticultural Society (AHS) is proud to announce the distinguished recipients of the Society’s 2008 Great American Gardeners Awards. Individuals, organizations, and businesses that receive these awards represent the best in American gardening. Each has contributed significantly to fields such as plant research, garden communication, landscape design, youth gardening, teaching, and conservation. The AHS applauds all of this year’s recipients for their passionate commitment to American gardening and their outstanding achievements within their fields. This year’s Great American Gardeners Award recipients are:

• Harold Pellett (Mound, Minnesota) - Liberty Hyde Bailey Award

• Thomas G. Ranney (Fletcher, North Carolina) - H. Marc Cathey Award

• David Salman (Santa Fe, New Mexico) - Paul Ecke Jr. Commercial Award

• Herbert R. Schaal (Fort Collins, Colorado) - Landscape Design Award

• Francis X. Flaherty (Alexandria, Virginia) - Meritorious Service Award

• Irene Virag (Fort Salonga, New York) - B. Y. Morrison Communication Award

• Renny Reynolds (Wrightstown, Pennsylvania) - Frances Jones Poetker Award

• Holly Harmar Shimizu (Washington, D.C.) - Professional Award

• Betty Brown Casey (Washington, D.C.) - Catherine H. Sweeney Award

• Michael H.C. Devlin and Valerie R. Frick (Camden, New Jersey) - Jane L. Taylor Award

• Laura Deeter (Wooster, Ohio) - Teaching Award

• Nebraska Statewide Arboretum (Lincoln, Nebraska) - Urban Beautification Award

On June 6, 2008, the American Horticultural Society will honor these award recipients during the Great American Gardeners Awards Ceremony and Banquet, held at the Society’s headquarters at River Farm in Alexandria, Virginia. For more information, please contact Jessica Rozmus at (703) 768-5700 ext. 137 or jrozmus@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.


 

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