Sep 28, 2007

America in Bloom Announces Criteria Award WinnersSource: AIB

America in Bloom recognized eight groups last Thursday for earning the highest marks out of all contestants in all population categories.

The Criteria Award winners are:

• Ball Horticultural Company Floral Displays Award (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
• Project Evergreen Landscaped Areas Award (Beloit, Wis.)
• American Horticulture Society Community Involvement Award (Kirkwood, Miss.)
• The Scotts Co. Turf & Groundcover Areas Award (Peoria, Ariz.)
• Gardens Alive! Environmental Awareness Award (Red Wing, Minn.)
• Lesco/John Deere Landscapes Tidiness Award (Greendale, Ind.)
• J. Frank Schmidt & Son Company Urban Forestry Award (Ithaca, N.Y.)
• Meister Media Worldwide Heritage Preservation (Norwich, Conn.)