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North American Rock Garden Society Awards
| Award of Merit |
| Established in 1965, this award is given to persons who have made outstanding contributions to rock and alpine gardening and to the North American Rock Garden Society. In addition, the recipients will be people of demonstrated plantsmanship. The recipient must be an active member of the Society. |
| Marcel Le Piniec Award |
| Established in 1969, this award is given to a nursery person, propagator, hybridizer, or plant explorer who is currently actively engaged in extending and enriching the plant material available to rock gardeners. This may be a joint award if two people have worked closely together. The recipient need not be a member of NARGS. |
| Edgar T. Wherry Award |
| Established in 1973, this award is given from time to time to a person who has made an outstanding contribution in the dissemination of botanical and/or horicultural information about native North American plants. The works must be scientifically sound, but may be written for popular readership and do not have to be specifically about rock garden plants. Generally, the award recoginizes a body of work or a lifetime of literary effort rather than a single work (see the Carlton R. Worth Award). The recipient does not have to be a member of the Society. |
| Carleton R. Worth Award |
| Established in 1985, this ward is given to an author of distinguished writings about rock gardening and rock garden plants in a book or in magazine articles. Special preference is given to material published in the NARGS Bulletin. The recipient does not have to be a member of the Society. |
| Marvin E. Black Award |
| Established in 1990, this award is given to a member of the Society who excels at promoting membership in NARGS; organizing study weekends, national, and international meetings. They should also be involved in such activities as planning trips to study plants and to meet other plant people. The emphasis shall be placed on a member who has helped other people to reach their potential in the plant world. The recipient must be a member of the Society. |
| Linc & Timmy Foster Millstream Garden Award |
| Established in 2006, this award is for an outstanding contribution to the North American Rock Garden Society for creating a superior garden. This is not meant to be a competition, but to recognize members great gardens across the various styles and regions of the United States and Canada. Since there is such a wide range of possibilities in style and climate regions, it has been decided there needs to be four categories of gardens. They are: the Container Garden, the Alpine Rock Garden, the Woodland Garden and the Special Garden. Any of these gardens must be a private garden to eliminate unfair institutional advantages. This award is meant to reward the creation of gardens which meet a wide standard set by the North American Rock Garden Society and reflects well on that society. For greater detailed information and requirements contact the current Awards Chairperson. |
| Procedures |
| Any member of the Society can nominate a person. Nominations for the Award of Merit must be accompanied by a letter stating why this person deserves the award. List outstanding services to the Society, comment on the person's plantsmanship, and - if appropriate - refer to any published articles or books on rock gardening authored by the nominee. Nominations for the Marcel Le Piniec Award and the Marvin E. Black Award must be accompanied by a letter stating why this person deserves the award and listing the specific activities that qualify him or her for the award. Two seconding letters should also be sent to the Awards Chairman. No supporting letters are needed for the Edgar T. Wherry Award or the Carleton R. Worth Award, only a letter outlinning the specific books and/or articles written by the nominee that qualify him or her for the award. Nominating letters are to be sent to the Awards Chairperson (
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| Geoffrey Charlesworth Award Committee |
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The Geoffrey Charlesworth Award is given annually for the best article in the Quarterly. Until now, the determination has been made by a small committee - typically four members plus a Chair. This is a very narrow base for a decision that can and should be made by a much larger group of NARGS members. Accordingly, beginning this year, the choice of the article to receive the award will be made by the members of a Chapter. Thus, the purpose of the small Award Committee will no longer be to choose the recipient of the award, but rather to choose the Chapter that will make the decision. The Committee would designate a different Chapter for this responsibility each year.
If, as I would hope, an award for the best photograph published in the Quarterly during the previous year is also given (perhaps named in honor of Cindy Nold or Timmy Foster), the same procedure would be followed, with different Chapters being responsible for each award.
Geoffrey Charlesworth Award Committee Members
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