GCW Members

GCA NATIONAL AWARDS

Achievement Medal Awarded for creative vision and furtherance of the aims of GCA

1945 Mrs. William K. du Pont

1987 Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland

Distinguished Service Medal Awarded for service to horticulture

1967 Mrs. Julian W. Hill 

Medal of Honor Awarded for service to horticulture

1956 Mr. Henry Francis du Pont

1997 Mrs. Julian W. Hill

Francis K. Hutchinson Medal  Awarded for service in conservation 

1947 Miss Violet L. Findley

Eloise Payne Lequer Award Awarded for achievement related to botany, research, and art.

2016 Longwood Gardens, Nominated by Mrs. David P. Roselle

Founder’s Fund Award Provides monetary awards to projects in local communities proposed by member clubs.

1938 Planting Bartram Gardens - Runner Up

2010 The Urban Farm and Produce Stand, The Delaware Center for Horticulture 

Montine McDaniel Freeman Medal, Plant of the Year The medal is awarded to a North American native plant worthy of special recognition  

2003 Aster laevis ‘Bluebird’, Honorable Mention    Nominated by Mrs. Daniel M. Kristol            

2016 Amsonia hubrichtii, Special Recognition         Nominated by Mrs. J. Eric Russell