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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Awards: Award of Merit

Award of Merit

Awarded to an individual(s), organization, institution or business corporation for outstanding contributions to (or achievements in) horticulture or horticultural activities, including the Philadelphia Flower Show, urban greening activities, and PHS volunteers. (Formerly known as Certificate of Merit.)

Certificate of Merit Recipients

2022 Cynthia Kishinchand  
  Diane Newbury  
  Greg Thompson  
2021 Cheryl Brumbaugh  
  Mary Lou Jennings  
  Eldredge (Rags) Ragsdale  
2020   Naw Doh  
    Marcus Ferreira  
    Don Slater Image
2018   Jill Evans  
    Gabriella Paez  
    Hope Fox Coates and Anne Coste  
2017   Francesca Northrup Image
    Chuck Feld  
    Phil Normandy  
2016   Hasan Malik  
    Lynn Cook and Troy Ray  
    Sandy and John Young  
2015   Sally  N. Graham Image
    C. Dale Hendricks  
    Michael J. LoFurno  
2014   Cynthia and Morris Cheston Image
    Suku John  
    Weavers Way  
    W. B. Saul High School  
2013     Steve Mostardi  
    Jane and Robert Pollock  
    Joseph Revlock  
2012   Andrew Bunting  
    Mary Seton Corboy  
    Russell Meddin  
2011   Rose V. Gray  
    Anne B. Kellett  
    Adam Levine Image
2010    Michael W. Bowell Image
    Margo Eremus and Sherrill Rowland  
    Sister Margaret McKenna  
2009   Doris Gwaltney Image
    Ed MacFarland, Jr.  
    Eve Thyrum  
2008   Katheryn S. Andersen Image
    Gregory Pac Cojulun, Jr.   
    Ann and Frank Reed Image
2007   A. William Graham, Jr.  
    Carla Puppin Image
    Mary Ann Thomas Image
2006   Jack Blandy  
    David L. Culp  
    Dorene Martin Image
2005   Lawrence L. Stier Image
    Mary Jo Strawbridge  
    Paul Tickle Image
2004     John Boyce  
    Lower Merion High School  
    Patricia B. Sanders  
2003   Cecily G. Clark Image
    Beverly and Delmer Gill  
    Joan and Jack Harvey  
2002   Jerry and Bea Barad  
    Bitsy and Louis Hood  
    James Stanley  
2001   Linda and Walt Fisher  
    New Kensington Community Development  Corporation  
    Lily Yeh Image
2000    Elizabeth Farley Image
    Nancy Greenwood  
    Sallie and Bert Korman  
    Kate Loal  
1999   William E. Mifflin  
    Irene Slater Image
    Sharon Turner Image
    Sandra Crosset Ward Image
1998   Iris Brown and Tomasita Romero Image
    Stephanie Cohen  
    Sylvia Lin Image
    Leila Peck  
1997   Rena Ennis Image
    Janet and John Gyer  
    Kitty Lapp  
    Rosemarie and Jules Vassalluzzo Image
1996   Andropogon Associates, Ltd.  
    Joanne Marano  
    James Taylor Image
1995    Alta Felton Image
    Frank N. Kieser  
    Philadelphia Committee, Garden Club of America  
1994   Florie Dotson Image
    Friends Hospital  
    Charlotte and Alan Slack Image
1993   Margaret P. Bowditch Image
    Gottlieb Hampfler  
    Dorsha Mason Image
1992   The John Bartram Association  
    Mamie Nichols Image
    Patrick A. Nutt  
    Ann and John Swan  
1991   Josephine McQuail Bachman  
    William A. Bender, M.D.  
    The Four Seasons Hotel  
1990   Aspen Farms  
    Dr. Herman Gold  
    Anita Kistler  
1989   Gary Geers  
    Albert F.W. Vick, Jr.    Image
    Sally Reath Image
1988   Abraham Lincoln High School  
    Willie Mae Bullock Image
    Richard A. Colbert  
1987   Wallace Windus, Ph.D.  
    H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr.  
    Delaware Valley Chapter of the American Rock Garden Society  
1986   J. Jeffries Eyster  
    Joy and Bill Mackinney Image
    Ann McPhail  
                  1985   Margaret W. Evans  
    Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr.  
1984   F. M. Mooberry  
    Mildred L. and Edward J. Thompson  
1983   Emily du Pont  
    Sarah C. Zantzinger Groome Image
1982   Oliver J. Stark  
    John R. H. Thouron  
1981   Lester P. Nichols  
    Nancy Putnam Howard  
1980   Donald and Hazel Smith  
1979   Bebe Miles  
    Henry W. Ridgway  
1978   June Vail  
    Joseph W. Oppe  
1977   The Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium  
    Orlando S. Pride  
    The Joseph G. Marano Family  
1976   Viola K. Anders  
    Anne Wertsner Wood Image
1975   The Advisory Board of Managers of the Morris Arboretum  
    Mrs. L. Davis Jones  
    John C. Swartley  
1974   Bell of Pennsylvania  
1972   Henry T. Skinner  
1971   The Philadelphia Electric Company  
    The Hummingbird House at the Zoo  
1970   Mrs. E. Perot Walker  
1969 No Certificates of Merit awarded (dates of fiscal year changed)  
    American Horticultural Society  
1968   Mrs. George N. Stott  
1967   Mrs. Donald McPhail  
    Pennsalt Chemical Company  
1966   Botanical Society of Lower Merion  
1965   Clarence R. Wolf   
  The Holly Orchard of New Jersey  
  Silica Sand Company  
1964   Mr. and Mrs. George R. Clark Image
    Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Ross  
    Mr. and Mrs. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Image
  Scott Paper Company  
1963   Dr. John Wister  
1962   David G. Leach  
    The Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia  
    Longwood Gardens  
1960   The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania  
    Mr. Henry DuPont  
1959   Mrs. Frederic L. Ballard, Jr.  
  Zoological Society of Philadelphia  
1958   Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt  
    Mr. Alfred Byrd Graf  
1957   Mr. Thomas W. Sears  
    Dr. Edgar T. Wherry  
1956   Mr. and Mrs. James Bush-Brown  
    Dr. S. Lehman Nyce  
1955   Mrs. Lynwood R. Holmes  
    Mrs. Abram B. Ross  
    Mrs. Clarence C. Zantzinnger  
    Mr. W. Wilson Heinitsch  
  Mrs. Elsa Fort  
1954   Mr. Joseph Gable