New England Wild Flower Society Award Recipients
Founders’ Medal, est. 2015
2015 Dr. Paul Smith, Head, Millennium Seed
Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Regional Impact Award, est. 2015
2015 No award
Award for Outstanding Service to the Society
1975 Homer C. Lucas
1976 Catherine Hammond
1977 Barbara B. Paine
1978 Kathryn S. Taylor
1979 Jorie Hunken
1980 Beverly H. Ryburn
1981 Lawrence Newcomb
1982 Erhardt Muller
1983 Juliet R. Kellogg (French)
1984 Helen Nowers
1985 (1) Mary Walker and (2) Catherine T. Farlow
1986 Susan E. Dumaine
1987 Dorothy S. Long
1988 Jean Baxter and Pennie Logemann
1989 Iola Scheufele
1990 Paul and Sandra Olafsen
1991 John Lynch
1992 Polly Pierce
1993 Sheila Magullion
1994 Carol Fyler
1995 Daphne Brooks Prout
1996 Geri Payne
1997 Thelma Hewitt
1998 Dr. Dana Jost
1999 George C. Harrington
2000 Bee Entwistle
2001 Elmer and Alice Jones, Esther Grew Parker
2002 Edward N. Dane, Dunbar Lockwood
2003 Ellen West Lovejoy; Jane Brooks
2004 Nancy A. Webb, Christina Hobbs
2005 Helen Friedberg, Anne Pratt
2006 George Hibben, Betty Porter
2007 Ruth Nastuk, Bruce and Sarah Schwaegler
2008 Gwen Collins, Mary Lee Everett (posthumously)
2009 Gray Wexelblat, Robin Wilkerson
2010 Deborah Hellmold, Betty Wright
2011 Ray Abair and Peter Brem
2012 SusanA Litowitz, Mary Leary
2013 Jane & Ed Galat, Rob Held (posthumously)
2014 No award
2015 Chris Gradijan, Ervina Hamilton
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2011
2012
2013
Award Recipients, 1964-2013
This set of awards was replaced with a new program in 2015
Conservation Award
1964 Robert B. Choate
1965 Dr. George C. Shattuck
1966 Kathryn S. Taylor
1967 Ruth Eldridge White
1968 Lucy Mallory Bugbee
1969 Francis W. Hatch
1970 Annette S. Cottrell
1971 No Award
1972 Charles Henry Foster
1973 Paul Brooks
1974 Persis R. Green
1975 Edwin Way Teale
1976 Norton Nickerson
1977 Allen Morgan
1978 Rita Barron
1979 Hollis P. Nichols (for Beaverbrook)
1980 Mrs. Carl Ten Broeck
1981 Dr. Irene Stuckey
1982 Sarah Fraser Robbins
1983 Richard Dyer
1984 Gordon Abbott, Jr.
1985 Dr. Hubert Vogelmann
1986 Sudbury Valley Trustees
1987 Marion Stoddard
1988 John Pierce
1989 Douglas Foy
1990 Ctr. for Plant Conservation Trust (Don Faulk)
1991 Stephen J. Small, Esq.
1992 William A. Patterson, III
1993 Robert T. Leverett
1994 Dr. William Ballard
1995 Dr. Sandra L. Anagnostakis
1996 Frederick L. Steele
1997 Garden Club Federation of MA for Project Native
1998 Susi Von Oettingen
1999 Anna Fowler Wallace
2000 NE Botanical Club
2001 Thomas J. Rawinski
2002 Silvio O. Conte N.F.W. Refuge
2003 Robert Zaremba
2004 Gentry Family
2005 Appalachian Mountain Club
2006 Massachusetts Audubon Society
2007 Christopher Mattrick
2008 Dr. James Wickis
2009 No Award
2010 No Award
Dr. C. Barre Hellquist
Cynthia Boettner
No Award
Education Award
1987 Albert W. Bussewitz
1988 Paul Martin Brown
1989 Laverne Collard
1990 Sanctuary Magazine (MA Audubon Society)
1991 Donald and Lillian Stokes
1992 Dr. Garrett E. Crow
1993 Anne Hale
1994 Sara Stein
1995 Carol Stocker (Boston Globe)
1996 Gordon Morrison
1997 Connecticut College Arboretum
1998 Dr. Henry W. Art
1999 Diane MacFadyen
2000 Antioch NE Graduate School
2001 Laurie Sanders
2002 Humbolt Field Institute
2003 Conway School of Landscape Design
2004 Northern Woodlands Magazine
2005 Harvard Univ. Herbaria and Botany Library
2006 No Award
2007 Thomas Vining
2008 Project Native
2009 Marilyn Wyzga
2010 Bill Cullina
2011 Irina Kadis and Alexey Zinovjev
2012 Boot Boutwell
2013 Russ Cohen
Homer Lucas Landscape Award
1987 Kitty Dukakis and Jane F. Garvey
1988 No Award
1989 Green Briar Nature Center, Thornton W.
Burgess Society
1990 Bounty Trail, Flanders Nature Society
1991 No Award
1992 Asticou Azalea Society
1993 Scituate Garden Club
1994 Peterborough Garden Club for Elizabeth
Yeates McGreal Wildflower Garden
1995 Philbrick-Cricenti Bog, New London, New
Hampshire Conservation Commission
1996 Wildflower Garden at Rotch Jones Duff
House, MA
1997 New Caanan Nature Center
1998 Bar Harbor Garden Club
1999 Fitzwilliam Garden Club
2000 No Award
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2001
2002
2006
2007
Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary
Monadnock Garden Club for Dora Spalding
Nature Trail
No Award
No Award
Dana and Betty Jost for Garden at
Metrowest Cancer Care Center
No Award
Nauset Garden Club
2008
Edward F. Piela Wildflower Garden at Stanley Park
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
No Award
No Award
No Award
No Award
Landscape Committee, Lexington (MA)
High School Committee
2003
2004
2005
Kathryn S. Taylor Award for Private Gardens
1988 Susan E. Dumaine, MA
1989 No Award
1990 Edward (Ted) Childs, CT
1991 Sally Cook, MA
1992 Richard and Herbert Redfield, CT
1993 Catherine C. Hull, MA
1994 Joy Yarnell, ME
1995 Mary Aldrich Homans, ME
1996 Dr. Charles Richards, ME
1997 Joan and Robert Means, MA
1998 Nancy and Peter Richards, NH
1999 Barbara and David Hall, NH
2000 No Award
2001 Joan Collier, MA
2002 Ruth and Jan Staalenburg, NH
2003 Bunny Traylor, NH
2004 Fred and Patty Green, ME
2005 Sydney Eddison, CT
2006 Roger Blethen and Pamela Keating, MA
2007 No Award
2008 Ken Cleaves, ME
2009 No Award
2010 Thelma Hewitt, NH
2011 Ellen Souza, MA
2012 Patsy Highberg, VT
2013 Joan Gulverson, MA
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
No Award
Donald and Dorothy Swan
Leslie J. Merhoff
Carol Levine
Lauren Broan
John W. McNeely
John W. Souther
Joan Lee Faust
Judy C. Preston
CT Fund for the Environment
Dr. William C. Horne
Edward Richardson
Connecticut Botanical Society
Kenneth J. Metzler
Caspar Ultee
Peter Picone
Christine Cook
Michael Nadeau
Penelope Sharp
John Picard
Carol Lemmon
Eleanor “Sam” Saulys
No Award
Maine State Award
1986 Muriel C. Soule
1987 Susan Hayward
1988 Hank Tyler
1989 No Award
1990 Marilyn Dwelley
1991 Barbara St. John Vickery
1992 Susan Gawler
1993 Leslie M. Eastman
1994 Dr. Amr Ismail
1995 Dr. Alison C. Dibble
1996 Richard Clark
1997 Catherine Johnson, Esq.
1998 Down East Magazine
1999 Marilyn R. Mollicone
2000 Chewonki Foundation
2001 Janet McMahon
2002 Sally Rooney
2003 Sherry Huber
2004 Josh Royte
2005 Don Cameron
2006 Maureen Hoffman
2007 Charlie and Barbara Grunden
2008 Jill Weber
2009 Nancy McReel
2010 Andrew Cutko
2011 Glen Mittelhauser
Connecticut State Award
1985 Mary Beth Wheeler
1986 No Award
1987 Adeline Cox
1988 William Niering
1989 Richard Goodwin
1990 No Award
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2012
2013
Elise Felton
Eric Doucette
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Massachusetts State Award
1985 Robert Cronin
1986 No Award
1987 Bruce Sorrie
1988 Pam Weatherbee
1989 No Award
1990 Henry Woolsey
1991 Elizabeth Bell
1992 Nantucket Conservation Foundation
1993 Dr. Peter W. Dunwiddie
1994 No Award
1995 No Award
1996 Josephine B. Bruno
1997 Jeanne E. Anderson
1998 Paul Somers
1999 Carol Knapp
2000 The Trustees of Reservations
2001 Mario J. DiGregorio
2002 Glenn Motzkin
2003 Charles Quinlan
2004 Karen Searcy
2005 Tim Simmons
2006 David Foster
2007 Elizabeth Kneiper
2008 Melissa Dow Cullina
2009 Natural Heritage and Endangered Species
Program of MA
2010 Kathy Wilensky
2011 Dr. Robert Bertin
2012 Dr. Patricia Swain
2013 Russ Hopping, Julie Richberg
David VanLuven
Debra Dunlop
Beaver Brook Association
Alice Schori
Bob Gamlin
William F. Nichols
Barbara McIlroy
The Fells
Deborah Lievens
Joann Hoy
New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau
Dr. Sara Cairns
Janet Sullivan
Rhode Island State Award
1988 Lisa Gould
1989 Gilbert George (dec. Nov/Dec 1999)
1990 No Award
1991 Katherine Kinsey (dec. Dec. 1999)
1992 Dr. George L. Church
1993 Richard L. Champlin
1994 (Richard Enser- declined)
1995 Rhode Island Wild Plant Society
1996 No Award
1997 Dr. Robert D. Goos
1998 Dr. Keith Killingbeck
1999 Joan Pilson
2000 Audubon Society of RI
2001 Anne B. Wagner
2002 Christopher Nerone
2003 Judith Ireland
2004 Francis Underwood
2005 Jerry Melaragno
2006 Kathy Barton
2007 Garry Plunkett
2008 Peter Lockwood
2009 Hope Drury Leeson
2010 Carl Sawyer
2011 Paul Dolan
2012 Dorothy Swift
2013 Dr. Walter Thayer
New Hampshire State Award
1987 Clothilde Strauss
1988 Ann Doak
1989 Lakes Region Conservation Trust
1990 Lois Buonopane and
State Senator Susan McLane
1991 No Award
1992 Frankie Brackley Tolman
1993 Daniel D. Sperduto
1994 Thomas J. Gilligan and Guy Glunta, Jr.
New Hampshire Dept of Transportation
1995 No Award
1996 Concerned Citizens, Sheldrick Forest
1997 Joe B. Parks
1998 Dr. George Newman
1999 No Award
2000 Society of Protection of NH Forests
Vermont State Award
1985 William Countryman
1986 Isaac Patch
1987 Fred Taylor
1988 Petie Boswell
1989 Hartland Nature Center
1990 Elizabeth Thompson
1991 Patsy Highberg
1992 Catherine Osgood Foster
1993 No Award
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1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Brett Engstrom
Everett Marshall
Arieh Tal
No Award
No Award
Robert Popp
Vermont Chapter, The Nature Conservancy
Eric Sorenson
Warren King
Marc Lapin
Dorothy Allard
Jenny Ramstetter
Peg Tart
Dr. James Graves
David J. Brynn
Hilda White
Arthur Gilman
Sharon Plumb
Shelly Stiles
No Award
Landscape Design Award, est. 2007
2007 Patrick Chassé
2008 Larry Weaner
2009 No Award
2010 No Award
2011 Magma Design Group – Samantha and Neil Best
Special Awards
1979 Henry Potter, President of Vermont Flora
1980 Frederick Steele, Botanist for Alpine Garden
at Lost River
1983 Harold Bacon, “Unsung Hero Award” (50
years devotion to the Garden in the Woods)
1999 John Sachs and David Heppert
2000 Special recognition: William Brumback;
Barbara F. Pryor
2002 Special recognition: David Lindsey;
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
2003 David B. Soule Jr.
2012 Aziz Rangwala
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