The awards are given once a year and announced at the NARGS Annual General Meeting. Note that every award is not necessarily made every year.
This list is consists of two parts:
Part I – Awards and Awardees sorted by year in chronological order 1997 to 2013
Part II - Complete list of Awards and Awardees awards sorted by recipient's last name in alphabetical order and by Year from the first Award in 1965 to 2013.
PART I Listing by Year of NARGS Award Recipients 1997 to 2016
| Year | Award | Recipient | ||
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| 1997 |
Carleton R. Worth Marcel Le Piniec Marvin E. Black Award of Merit |
Frederick W. Case II Betty Lowry Sheila Paulson Alice Lauber Gwen Kelaidis (Rocky Mt.) |
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| 1998 |
Marcel Le Piniec Award of Merit |
Charles Oliver (Connecticut) Thomas Stuart (Hudson Valley) Andrew Pierce Jane McGary Wayne Roderick |
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| 1999 |
Marvin E. Black Edgar T. Wherry Marcel Le Piniec Carleton R. Worth Award of Merit |
Lawrence Thomas (Manhattan) William Weber Tony Avent (Piedmont) Trevor Cole William Weber Robert Bartolomei (Hudson Valley) |
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| 2000 | Marcel Le Piniec | Rick Rupp | ||
| Marvin E. Black | Jacques Mommens | |||
| Edgar T. Wherry | Sean Hogan | |||
| Carleton R. Worth | Verna Pratt | |||
| Award of Merit | Patricia and John Bender | |||
| 2001 | Carleton R. Worth | Donna Balzar | ||
| Award of Merit | James Jones | |||
| 2002 | Carleton R. Worth | Rex Murfitt (British Columbia) | ||
| Marvin E. Black | Marion Jarvie (Ontario) | |||
| Award of Merit | Harry Dewey (Potomac Valley) | |||
| 2003 | Marvin E. Black | Joyce Fingerut (Connecticut) | ||
| Award of Merit | Tony Reznicek (Great Lakes) | |||
| 2004 | Marcel Le Piniec | Dan Hinkley (Northwestern) | ||
| Award of Merit | Bobby Ward (Piedmont) | |||
| Charles Griffith (Minnesota) | ||||
| 2005 | Marcel Le Piniec | Ron Ratko (California) | ||
| Carleton R. Worth | Robert Nold (Rocky Mt.) | |||
| Award of Merit | Iza Goroff (Wisconsin-Illinois) | |||
| 2006 | Marcel Le Piniec | Roger and Debbie Barlow (British Columbia) | ||
| Edgar T. Wherry | Marilyn Light (Quebec) | |||
| Award of Merit | Bernard Jackson (Nova Scotia) | |||
| 2007 | Award of Merit | Joyce Fingerut (Connecticut) | ||
| John Bieber (Manhattan) | ||||
| 2008 | Marvin E. Black | Ernie Boyd (Ontario) | ||
| Charlesworth Prize | Kristl Walek (Ontario) “Seedy Thoughts” | |||
| 2009 | Marcel Le Piniec | Harvey and Irene Wrightman (Ontario) | ||
| Carleton R. Worth | Jane McGary (Oregon) | |||
| Edgar T. Wherry | Dr. James Reveal | |||
| Marvin E. Black | Michael Slater (Mason-Dixon) | |||
| Charlesworth Prize | Andrew Osyany (Ontario) “Two Gardeners in One Garden” | |||
| Award of Merit | Phyllis Gustafson (Oregon) | |||
| Jan and David Dobak (Oregon) | ||||
| Richard Rosenberg (Allegheny) | ||||
| Millstream Garden Award – | ||||
| Rock and Alpine Garden: | ||||
| Carl Gehenio (Allegheny) | ||||
| A Special Garden: | ||||
| Lawrence Thomas (Manhattan) The Terrace Garden | ||||
| 2010 | Edgar T. Wherry | Loraine Yeatts | ||
| Charlesworth Prize | Panayoti Kelaidis (Rocky Mt.) “In Defense of Nonconventional Rock Gardens” | |||
| Award of Merit | Mike Kintgen (Rocky Mt.) | |||
| Ed Glover (Wisconsin-Illinois) | ||||
| Nick Klise and Morris West (Mason-Dixon) | ||||
| Millstream Garden Award – | ||||
| Rock and Alpine Garden: | ||||
| Sandy Snyder (Rocky Mt.) | ||||
| 2011 | Marcel Le Piniec | Alan Bradshaw | ||
| Charlesworth Prize | Charles Hipkin “The Summer Flora of the San Juan Mountains” | |||
| Award of Merit | Cheryl Philstrom | |||
| Jacques Thompson | ||||
| Millstream Garden Award – | ||||
| Rock and Alpine Garden: | ||||
| Anne Spiegel (Berkshire) | ||||
| 2012 | Edgar T. Wherry | James Locklear | ||
| Charlesworth Prize | Stephanie Ferguson “Sun, Stone and Water.” | |||
| Award of Merit | Alice Nicolson (Potomac Valley) | |||
| Al Deurbrouck (Allegheny) | ||||
| Michael Slater (Delaware Valley) | ||||
| Millstream Garden Award – | ||||
| A Special Garden: | ||||
| Patricia Highberg (Fells) “A Perfect Vermont Garden” | ||||
| Rock and Alpine Garden: | ||||
| David and Wendy Sellars (British Columbia) | ||||
| 2013 | Marcel Le Piniec | John Spain (Connecticut) | ||
| Charlesworth Prize | Mike Bone (Rocky Mt.) “Rock Gardening From Scratch” | |||
| Award of Merit | Laura Serowicz (Great Lakes) | |||
| Dick Bartlett (Rocky Mt.) | ||||
| Grazyna Grauer (Ohio Valley) | ||||
| Randy Tatroe (Rocky Mt.) | ||||
| Millstream Garden Award – | ||||
| Rock Garden: | ||||
| Ev Whittemore (Southern Appalachian) “Tall Pines” | ||||
| Unique Garden: | ||||
| Audrey and Robert Faden (Potomac Valley) “The Expanding Garden” | ||||
| A Special Garden: | ||||
| Joe and Beverly French (Southern Appalachian) | ||||
| 2014 | Award of Merit | Robin Magowan (Santa Fe) | ||
| Ben Burr (Manhattan) | ||||
| Bill Adams (Rocky Mountain, Pikes Peak) | ||||
| Daniel Dillon (Ontario Rock Garden and Hardy Plant Society) | ||||
| Marcel Le Piniec | David Salman (Santa Fe) | |||
| Steve Hootman | ||||
| Carleton R. Worth | Abbie Zabar (Manhattan) | |||
| John Watson and Anita Flores de Watson | ||||
| Millstream Garden Award – | ||||
| A Special Garden: | ||||
| Judi Dumont (Manhattan) | ||||
| Charlesworth Prize | Dieter Zschummel for “Dongda La: A Treasure House of Alpines” | |||
| Don LaFond (Great Lakes) for “I Really Hate Cows: Why Vegetarians Shouldn’t Visit Wyoming” | ||||
| 2015 | Award of Merit Leonard Lehman | ||||||
| Carleton R. Worth | |||||||
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PART II Complete listing of NARGS Award Recipients 1965 to 2016
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Note: listings are arranged by last name.
Award of Merit (By Name)
| Sallie Allen (1979) | Doretta Klaber (1967) | ||
| Helga Andrews (1996) | Nick Klise and Morris West (2010 | ||
| Hans Asmus (1981) | Alice Lauber (1997) | ||
| Elmer Baldwin (1977) | Elizabeth Lawrence (1972) | ||
| Nancy Ballard (1993) | Olga & Clifford G. Lewis (1980) | ||
| James Jones (2001) | Jane McGary (1998) | ||
| Joan Sanders Banfield (1987) | James McPhail & Bob Woodward (1976) | ||
| Claude Arno Barr (1965) | Robert Means (1992) | ||
| Dick Bartett (2013) | Betty Ann Mech (1983) | ||
| Robert Bartolomei (1999) | James A. Minogue (1995) | ||
| Patricia and John Bender (2000) | Madalene Modic (1978) | ||
| Bozidar 'Ted' Berginc (1981) | Brian O. Mulligan (1978) | ||
| Mrs. A.C. U. Berry (1965) | Jeanne& Milton S. Mulloy (1980) | ||
| John Bieber (2007) | Guy S. Nearing (1965) | ||
| Marvin E. Black (1984) | Alice Nicolson (2012) | ||
| Katheryne E. Boydston (1977) | John P. Osborne (1971) | ||
| Harry Butler (1987) . | Howard W. Pfeifer (1989) | ||
| Francis H. Cabot (1982) | Andrew Pierce (1998) | ||
| Geoffrey B. Charlesworth (1987) | Cheryl Philstrom (2011) | ||
| Will C. Curtis (1965) | Howard K Porter (1988) | ||
| Norman C. Deno (1978) | Lee M. Raden (1976) | ||
| Al Deurbrouck (2012) | Richard Redfield (1974) | ||
| Harry Dewey (2003) | Alex D. Reid (1973) | ||
| Jan and David Dobak (2009) | Victor Reiter (1981) | ||
| Grace F. Dowbridge (1967) | Tony Reznicek (2003) | ||
| Marion (Marnie) Flook (1995) | Frances Kinne Roberson (1977) | ||
| Edith & Carl S. English Jr. (1966) | Frank H. Rose (1967) | ||
| Harold Epstein (1966) | Richard Rosenberg (2009) | ||
| Joyce Fingerut (2007) | Lester Rowntree (1967) | ||
| Laura Louise Foster (1979) | George M. Schenk (1982) | ||
| H. Lincoln Foster (1970) | Zenon Schreiber (1968) | ||
| Henry R. FulIer (1977) | Robert M. Senior (1969) | ||
| Carl Gehenio (1989) | Laura Serowicz (2013) | ||
| Roxie Gevjan (1974) | Norman Singer (1985) | ||
| Ed Glover (2010) | Michael Slater (2012) | ||
| Iza Goroff (2005) | Ellie B. Spingarn (1973) | ||
| Grazyna Grauer (2013) | Aline Strutz (1981) | ||
| Charles Griffith (2004) | Thomas W. Stuart (1998) | ||
| Phyllis Gustafson (2009) | Albert Merle Sutton'(1970) | ||
| Dorothy Ebel HanselI (1968) | Sharon F. Sutton(1982) | ||
| Bernard Harkness (1974) | Randy Tatroe (2013) | ||
| Donald E. Havens (1985) | Jacques Thompson (2011) | ||
| Betty Jane Haywood (1969) | Waid Vanderpoel (1993) | ||
| Catherine HulI (1990) | David Vesall (1996) | ||
| Don Humphrey (1996) | Bobby Ward (2004) | ||
| Bernard Jackson (2006) | Edgar T. Wherry (1965) | ||
| James Jones (2001) | Evelyn Whittemore (1994) | ||
| Gwen Kelaidis (1997) | Carole Wilder (1996) | ||
| Panayoti P. Kelaidis (1982) | Carleton R. Worth (1966) | ||
| Michael Kintgen (2010) | John Wurdack (1991) | ||
| Anita Kistler (1976) |
Barry Yinger (1994) |
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Award of Merit (By Year)
| 1965 | Claude Arno Barr | 1987 | Joan Sanders Benfield | ||
| Mrs. A.C.U. Berry | Harry Butler | ||||
| Will Curtis | Geoffrey B. Charlesworth | ||||
| Guy G. Nearing | 1988 | Howard N. Porter | |||
| Edgar T. Wherry | 1989 | Carl Gehenio | |||
| 1966 | Edith & Carl S. English, Jr. | Howard W. Pfeifer | |||
| Harold Epstein | 1990 | Catherine Hull | |||
| Carleton R. Worth | 1991 | John Wurdack | |||
| 1967 | Grace F. Dowbridge | 1992 | Robert Means | ||
| Doretta Klaber | 1993 | Nancy Ballard | |||
| Frank H. Rose | Waid Vanderpoel | ||||
| Mrs. Lester Rowntree | 1994 | Evelyn Whittermore | |||
| 1968 | Dorothy Ebel Hansell | Barry Yinger | |||
| Zenon Schreiber | 1995 | Marion (Marnie) Flook | |||
| 1969 | Betty Jane Haywood | James A. Minogue | |||
| Robert M. Senior | 1996 | Helga Andrews | |||
| 1970 | H. Lincoln Foster | Don Humphrey | |||
| Albert Merle Sutton | David Vesall | ||||
| John P. Osborne | Carole Wilder | ||||
| 1971 | Elizabeth Lawrence | 1997 | Gwen Kelaidis | ||
| 1972 | Alex D. Reid | Alice Lauber | |||
| 1973 | Ellie B. Spingarn | 1998 | Jane McGary | ||
| Roxie Gevjan | Andrew Pierce | ||||
| Bernard Harkness | Thomas W. Stuart | ||||
| 1974 | Richard Redfield | 1999 | Robert Bartolomei | ||
| 1976 | Anita Kistler | 2000 | Patricia and John Bender | ||
| James McPhail & Bob Woodward | 2001 | James Jones | |||
| Lee M. Raden | 2002 | Harry Dewey | |||
| 1977 | Elmer Baldwin | 2003 | Tony Reznicek | ||
| Katheryne E. Boydston | 2004 | Charles Griffith | |||
| Henry R. Fuller | 2004 | Bobby Ward | |||
| Frances Kinne Roberson | 2005 | Iza Goroff | |||
| 1978 | Norman C. Deno | 2006 | Bernard Jackson | ||
| Madalene Modic | 2007 | Joyce Fingerut | |||
| Brian O. Mulligan | John Bieber | ||||
| Sallie Allen | 2009 | Jan and David Dobak | |||
| 1979 | Laura Louise Foster | Phyllis Gustafson | |||
| 1980 | Olga & Clifford G. Lewis | Richard Rosenberg | |||
| Jeanne & Milton S. Mulloy | 2010 | Michael Kintgen | |||
| 1981 | Hans Asmus . | Ed Glover | |||
| Bozidar 'Ted' Berginc | Nick Klise & Morris West | ||||
| Victor Reiter | 2011 | Cheryl Philstrom | |||
| Aline Strutz | Jacques Thompson | ||||
| 1982 | Francis H. Cabot | 2012 | Alice Nicolson | ||
| Panayoti P. Kelaidis | Al Deurbrouck | ||||
| George M. Schenk | Michael Slater | ||||
| Sharon F. Sutton | 2013 | Laura Serowicz | |||
| 1983 | Betty Ann Mech | Dick Bartlett | |||
| 1984 | Marvin E. Black | Grazyna Grauer | |||
| 1985 | Donald E. Havens | Randy Tatroe | |||
| Norman Singer | |||||
Marcel Le Piniec Award 1969 to 2016
| By Name | By Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Avent (1999) | 1969 Lawrence P. Crocker & Boyd C. Kline | ||
| Roger & Debbie Barlow (2006) | 1970 Margaret J. Williams | ||
| Rupert Barneby & Dwight Ripley (1974) | 1971 Hazel & Don Smith | ||
| Alan Bradshaw (2011) | 1972 Byard LeRoy Davidson | ||
| Jerry Cobb Colley & Baldassare Mineo (1987) | 1973 Edwad H. Lohbrunner | ||
| James E. Cross (1968) | 1974 Rupert Bameby & Dwight Ripley | ||
| Byard LeRoy Davidson (1972) | 1976 Charles Thunnan | ||
| Stephen G. Doonan & Phil Pearson (1986) | 1977 Joel Spingarn | ||
| Rene Duval & Richard Weaver (1993) | 1979 H. Lincoln Foster | ||
| H. Lincoln Foster (1979) | 1980 Marjorie A. Walsh | ||
| Josef Halda (1995) | 1981 Wayne Roderick | ||
| William J. Hamilton (1985) | 1982 T. Paul Maslin | ||
| Dan Hinkley (2004) | 1983 Robert Putnam | ||
| Panayoti P. Kelaidis (1994) | 1984 Bruce & Thomas Shin | ||
| Lawrence P. Crocker & Boyd C. Kline (1969) | 1985 William J. Hamilton | ||
| Edwad H. Lohbrunner (1973) | 1986 Stephen G. Doonan & Phil Pearson | ||
| Betty Lowry (1997) | 1987 Jerry Cobb Colley & Baldassare Mineo | ||
| Rick Lupp (2000) | 1988 James E. Cross | ||
| Floyd McMullen (1989) | 1989 Floyd McMullen | ||
| T. Paul Maslin (1982) | 1991 J. C. Raulston | ||
| Baldassare Mineo & Jerry Cobb Colley (1987) | 1994 Panayoti P. Kelaidis | ||
| Charles Oliver (1998) | 1993 Rene Duval & Richard Weaver | ||
| Phil Pearson & Stephen G. Doonan (1986) | 1995 Josef Halda | ||
| Robert Putnam (1983) | 1996 Sally Walker | ||
| J.C. Raulston (1991) | 1997 Betty Lowry | ||
| Ron Ratko (2005) | 1998 Charles Oliver | ||
| Dwight Ripley & Rupert Barneby (1974) | 1999 Tony Avent | ||
| Wayne Roderick (1981) | 2000 Rick Lupp | ||
| Bruce & Thomas Shin (1984) | 2004 Dan Hinkley | ||
| Hazel & Don Smith (1971) | 2005 Ron Ratko | ||
| Joel Spingarn (1977) | 2006 Roger & Debbie Barlow | ||
| Charles Thurman (1976) | 2009 Harvey and Irene Wrightman | ||
| Sally Walker (1996) | 2011 Alan Bradshaw | ||
| Marjorie A. Walsh (1980) | 2013 John Spain | ||
| Margaret J. Williams (1970) | |||
| Harvey and Irene Wrightman (2009) | |||
Edgar T. Wherry Award 1973 to 2012
| By Name | By Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Arno Barr (1973) | 1973 Claude Arno Barr | ||
| C. Ritchie Bell (1984) | 1974 Frederick W. Case II | ||
| Frederick W. Case II (1974) | 1976 C. Leo Hitchcock | ||
| Laura Louise & H. Lincoln Foster (1989) | 1980 John T. Mickel | ||
| C. Leo Hitchcock (1976) | 1982 Ruth Ashton Nelson | ||
| Sean Hogan (2000) | 1984 C. Ritchie Bell | ||
| Noel Holmgren (1994) | 1986, Panayoti Kelaidis | ||
| Richard Jaynes (1991) | 1988 Laura Louise & H. Lincoln Foster | ||
| Panayoti Kelaidis (1986) | 1989 Arthur R. Kruckeberg | ||
| Arthur R. Kruckeberg (1989) | 1990 Gladys L. Smith | ||
| Marilyn Light (2006) | 1991 Richard Jaynes | ||
| James Locklear (2012) | 1993 Faith P. Mackaness | ||
| Faith P. Mackaness (1993) | 1994 Noel Holmgren | ||
| Brian Mathew (1995) | 1995 Brian Mathew | ||
| John T. Mickel (1980) | 1999 William Weber | ||
| Ruth Ashton Nelson (1982) | 2000 Sean Hogan | ||
| James Reveal (2009) | 2006 Marilyn Light | ||
| William Weber (1999) | 2009 James Reveal | ||
| Loraine Yeatts (2010) | 2010 Loraine Yeatts | ||
| 2012 James Locklear | |||
Carleton R. Worth Award 1985 to 2000
| By Name | By Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Donna Balzar (2001) | 1985 Mark McDonough | ||
| Frederick W. Case II (1997) | 1986 Brian Mathew | ||
| Geoffrey B. Charlesworth (1990) | 1989 Mabel G. Harkness | ||
| Norman C. Deno (1993) | 1990 Geoffrey B. Charlesworth | ||
| Mabel G. Harkenss (1989) | 1993 Norman C. Deno | ||
| Mark McDonough (1985) | 1997 Frederick W. Case II | ||
| Jane McGary (2009) | 2000 Verna Pratt | ||
| Brian Mathew (1986) | 2001 Donna Balzar | ||
| Rex Murfitt (2002) | 2002 Rex Murfitt | ||
| Robert Nold (2005) | 2005 Robert Nold | ||
| Verna Pratt (2000) | 2009 Jane McGary | ||
Marvin E. Black Award 1985 to 2009
| By Name | By Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Donna Balzar (2001) | 1985 Mark McDonough | ||
| Frederick W. Case II (1997) | 1986 Brian Mathew | ||
| Geoffrey B. Charlesworth (1990) | 1989 Mabel G. Harkness | ||
| Norman C. Deno (1993) | 1990 Geoffrey B. Charlesworth | ||
| Mabel G. Harkenss (1989) | 1993 Norman C. Deno | ||
| Mark McDonough (1985) | 1997 Frederick W. Case II | ||
| Jane McGary (2009) | 2000 Verna Pratt | ||
| Brian Mathew (1986) | 2001 Donna Balzar | ||
| Rex Murfitt (2002) | 2002 Rex Murfitt | ||
| Robert Nold (2005) | 2005 Robert Nold | ||
| Verna Pratt (2000) | 2009 Jane McGary | ||
Geoffrey B. Charlesworth Writing Prize
| By Name | By Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bone 2013 | 2008 Kristl Walek | ||
| Stephanie Ferguson 2012 | 2009 Andrew Osyany | ||
| Charles Hipkin 2011 | 2010 Panayoti Kelaidis | ||
| Panayoti Kelaidis 2010 | 2011 Charles Hipkin | ||
| Andrew Osyany 2009 | 2012 Stephanie Ferguson | ||
| Kristl Walek 2008 | 2013 Mike Bon | ||
Millstream Garden Award (By Category and Name)
| Outstanding "Special" garden: | ||
| Judy Dumont, Manhattan 2014 | ||
| Joe and Beverly French, South Appalachian 2013 | ||
| Patricia Highberg, Fells 2012 | ||
| Lawrence Thomas, Manhattan 2009 | ||
| Outstanding “Unique” garden: | ||
| Audrey and Robert Faden, Potomac Valley, 2013 “The Expanding Garden” | ||
| Outstanding Rock and Alpine Garden: | ||
| Carl Gehenio, Allegheny 2009 | ||
| David and Wendy Sellars 2012 | ||
| Sandy Snyder, Rocky Mountain 2010 | ||
| Anne Spiegel, Berkshire 2011 | ||
| Ev Whittemore 2013 “Tall Pines” | ||
Millstream Garden Award (By Year)
| 2009 | Carl Gehenio, Allegheny (Rock & Alpine Garden) | |
| Lawrence Thomas, Manhattan (Special Garden, “Terrace Garden”) | ||
| 2010 | Sandy Snyder, Rocky Mountain, (Rock and Alpine Garden) | |
| 2011 | Anne Spiegel, Berkshire, (Rock and Alpine Garden) | |
| 2012 | Patricia Highberg, Fells, (Special Garden “A Vermont Garden”) | |
| David and Wendy Sellars, (Rock and Alpine Garden) | ||
| 2013 | Ev Whittemore, Southern Appalachian, (Rock and Alpine Garden “Tall Pines”) | |
| Audrey and Robert Faden, Potomac Valley, (Unique Garden “The Expanding Garden”) | ||
| Joe and Beverly French, Southern Appalachian, (Special Garden) | ||
| 2014 | Judi Dumont, Manhattan (Special Garden) |