NATIONAL MEDALISTSHighest Honors for Distinguished Achievements
Get to know the recipients of the GCA's national medals, the highest honors bestowed upon individuals for distinguished achievements in areas related to its purpose.
Annually, the GCA honors up to ten individuals or organizations with our highest honor – a national medal. These individuals and organizations have left a profound and lasting impact on the issues that are most important to The Garden Club of America. From floral design to garden restoration, from rose culture to conservation education, these awards are as varied and prestigious as their recipients.
Medalist Directory
Phyllis Wong Lee
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For sharing her knowledge and spreading the joy of horticulture to her...
Polly Pierce
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For sharing her love of native plants, showing us their beauty, encouraging...
William Pannill
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For his life-long dedication to the highly successful hybridizing and...
Josephine Shanks
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For the thousands of hours spent promoting Louisiana irises to be used...
Allen Haskell
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
An artistic and horticultural genius, for collecting, nurturing and sharing...
Dr. Clotilde Magnant Straus
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
In recognition of her study, mapping of wetlands, and plantings in and...
Molly McGuire McGuire Grothaus
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For her dedication to the growth and promoton of alpine, rhododendrons, and...
The Garden Club of Houston
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For its outstanding achievement in establishing a yearly Bulb and Plant...
Henrietta E. S. Lockwood
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For sharing her abundant knowledge of plant culture, her garden and plants,...
Mrs. Harry Hull
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
Her award-winning rock garden features rare alpine plants she has collected...
Bonnylin Woods Martin
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For her service to horticulture and her devotion to her remarkable...
Elisabeth Carey Miller
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For her remarkable ability as a horticulturist and for her collections of...
Mrs. Bruce Crane
Natalie Peters Webster Medal
For her imaginative use of unusual plants and for her work with the effect...