Awards

AFE Accepting Applications for Graduate Scholarships

The American Floral Endowment (AFE) is now accepting applications for the Altman Family Scholarship and the Paul Ecke, Jr. Scholarship. The application deadline is Feb. 1. These two merit-based scholarships are for graduate students who... more »

Nature’s Source Congratulates America In Bloom Award Winner

Ball DPF and the Nature’s Source Plant Food team would like to congratulate the Castle Rock, Washington, Community Development Alliance for their 2016 America In Bloom national award win in the “Less Than 3,000” population... more »

Finding the Next 40

This month we begin accepting nominations for the Class of 2017 of GPN’s 40 Under 40. Now entering its sixth year, GPN’s 40 Under 40 is a chance to recognize the future of the horticulture... more »

UpTick Coreopsis Receives U.K. Plant Award

Darwin Perennials recently accepted the “Best New Nursery Stock Plant Introduction” award for the new coreopsis series UpTick from the judges at this year’s Four Oaks Trade Show in the United Kingdom in September. This... more »

Plant Patent Firm Honored

Colorado-based intellectual property firm Cochran Freund & Young has achieved over 98.5 percent patent allowance rate in the life science sector of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Tech Center 1600) in the span... more »

AAS Selects Landscape Design Contest Winners

All-America Selections (AAS) has selected the winners of the fifth annual AAS Landscape Design Contest for Display Gardens. Each display garden was responsible for creating and executing a design incorporating the yearly theme then generating... more »

Whipker Receives Laurie Award at SAF Meeting

Brian Whipker at North Carolina State University was recognized as the 2016 recipient of the Society of American Florists' (SAF) Alex Laurie Award. Whipker was honored during SAF Maui 2016, the association's 132nd Annual Convention in Maui, Hawaii.... more »

Shinoda Foundation Awards Nearly $19,000 in Scholarships

The Shinoda Foundation recognized horticulture’s top students with six scholarships plus grants to colleges and universities totaling nearly $19,000. “These students represent horticulture’s best and brightest,” said Bob Otsuka, president of the foundation. “It’s our... more »