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