Past Award Winners

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2024
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award MaryAnne McMillan, HTR
Rhea McCandliss Professional Services Award Kirk W. Hines, HTR
Therapeutic Garden Design Award Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
Honorary AHTA Membership Award Derrick Stowell, PhD, CTRS, HTR
   
   
2023
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award Charles Guy, Raymond Odeh, Elizabeth R.M. Diehl, Sarah Jo Nixon, Craig Tisher, Dylan Klempner, Jill Sonke, Thomas Colquhoun, Qian Li, Maria J. Espinosa, Dianela Perdomo, Kaylee Rosario, Hannah Terzi
Anne Lane Mavromatis Award Bree Stark
John Walker Community Service Award Hope Garden Programs at Robins Air Force Base
Rhea McCandliss Professional Services Award John Murphy, HTR
Therapeutic Garden Design Award Marie Rose Therapeutic Garden at Mary's Woods
Honorary AHTA Membership Award Matthew Wichrowski, MS, HTR
2022
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award Anne M. Meore, Sun Shengnan, Lauren Byma, Sharon Alter, Amanda Vitale, Evan Podalk, Brooke Gibbard, Toby Adams, James Boyer, Hanga Galfalvy, Rachel Yehuda, Ann Feder, Fatemeh Haghighi
Anne Lane Mavromatis Award Morgan Whitaker Smith LMHC
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award Florida Horticulture for Health Network
John Walker Community Service Award Anne M. Meore, LMSW, HTR
Rhea McCandliss Professional Services Award Leigh Anne Starling, HTR
Therapeutic Garden Design Award Gardens of the Monarch School of New England
2021
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award Angelia Sia, MBA; Wilson Tam Wai San, Ph.D.; Anna Fogel, Ph.D.; Kua Ee Heok MBBS, MD, FRC Psych; Kenneth Khoo; Roger Ho, MBBS, MD, FAMS (Psych)
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award Pamela Chance, HTR
John Walker Community Service Award Jonathan Trauth
Honorary AHTA Membership Leigh Anne Starling LCPC, CRC, HTR
 2020
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award Qiuyun Huang, MLA; Minyan Yang, BA; Hao-ann Jane, MS; Shuhua Li, PhD; Nicole Bauer, PhD

Ann Lane Mavromatis Award

Shanna Borthick-Compton

John Walker Community Service Award

Dr. Beela G.K

Therapeutic Garden Design Award

Rogers Behavioral Health, Children & Adolescent Therapeutic Garden

Honorary AHTA Membership

Clare Cooper Marcus


2019
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award

Claudia K.Y. Lai PhD, Connie Y.Y. Fung, MSc, Rick Y.C. Kwan PhD, Shirley K.L. Lo MN, Jordan K.H. Lau BSW,
Mimi M.Y. Tse PhD 

Publication Award

Genevieve Layman

Rhea McCandliss Professional Services Award

Alee Karpf

Therapeutic Garden Design Award Creative Therapy Center and Healing Gardens

2018 

Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award

Masahiro Toyoda, PhD, Yuko Yokota, HTR, and Susan Rodiek, PhD

Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Jaime Ascencio
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award Lesley L. Fleming, HTR
Therapeutic Garden Design Award  Abe’s Garden

2017 
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award Jacqueline Swank, PhD, LMHC, LCSW, RPT-S and Sang Min Shin, PhD, NCC
AHTA Publication Award Tina Marie Waliczek
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Raymond Odeh
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award Cathy Flinton, HTR
John Walker Community Service Award Marcy Frantz
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award Libba Shortridge, HTR

2016 
AHTA Therapeutic Garden Design Award Pacific Quest
AHTA Publication Award Lesley Fleming, HTR; Susan Morgan, MS
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award Candice A. Shoemaker, PhD, HTR
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award Derrick Stowell, HTR

2015 
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award Gregory N. Bratman, J. Paul Hamilton, Kevin S. Hahn, Gretchen C. Daily, James J. Gross
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award Rebecca Haller, HTM; Fung Yun Lee, Connie, HTR
AHTA Publication Award

Nancy Chambers, HTR; Gwenn Fried; Matthew Wichrowski, HTR

AHTA Therapeutic Garden Design Award The Warrior and Family Support Center

2014 
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award Sin-Ae Park
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award Patricia Cassidy, HTR
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award Susan Morgan
John Walker Community Service Award Kathy Carroll
AHTA Publication Award Natasha Etherington
AHTA Therapeutic Garden Design Award Trillium's Healing Garden at the Perry Center

2013 
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award  Sin-Ae Park for the article Metabolic Costs of Gardening Tasks in Children, published in Hort Technology 23 (5) 589-594
AHTA Therapeutic Garden Design Award St. Patrick’s Therapeutic Butterfly Garden 
AHTA Publication Award Lesley Fleming
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Winner Ranaan Blatter
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award Laura DePrado

2012 
Charles Lewis Excellence in Research Award  Justin F. Wilson and Keith M. Christensen
John Walker Community Service Award Brian Bainnson, PAL, ASLA, CLARB
Publication Award Patty Cassidy, MA, HTR
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award Hilda Krus, MSW, HTR
Therapeutic Garden Design Award The Veterans Honor Center Gardens at the Gainesville VA Domiciliary, Florida
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award Mrs. Pat Buehler Blankenship and the Buehler Family Foundation

2011 
John Walker Community Service Award ALLIES, Inc. Project Grow & MaryAnne McMillan
Publication Award Elizabeth M. Diehl
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award Matthew Wichrowski
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Winner Hsuan Yun Chang
Therapeutic Garden Design Award Portland Memory Garden
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award 2011 Philadelphia International  Flower Show AHTA Exhibit Committee

2010 
John Walker Community Service Award Catherine Murphy TALMAR, Inc.
Publication Award Mitchell Hewson for the body of work created throughout his career
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award Elizabeth M. Diehl
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Winner Leah Rutledge
Therapeutic Garden Design Award Portland Adventist Medical Center's Hope & Healing Garden

2009 
John Walker Community Service Award Birmingham Botanical Garden
Publication Award Rebecca Haller and Christine Kramer for Horticultural Therapy Methods: Making Connections in Health Care, Human Service, and Community Programs
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award

Kelly Conrad

QiuXia Chen


2008  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Award Lesley Fleming, MA, HTR
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Patricia Zehl
John Walker Community Service Award Forget Me Not Children's Services
Therapeutic Garden Design Award The William E. Carter School Sensory Garden Outdoor Classroom

2007  
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Elena Pavlovna Pyzhov
John Walker Community Service Tri-Valley Developmental Services
Publication Award Clare Cooper Marcus & Marni Barnes for Healing Gardens
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Nancy Easterling , HTM
Therapeutic Garden Design Kieckhefer Strolling Garden, Arizona

2006  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Koral Sienknect, HTR
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Jenna Lutz
John Walker Community Service Garden Resources of Washington (GROW) Washington, DC
Publication Award Seong-Hyun Park
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Christine Pollard, HTM
Therapeutic Garden Design The Legacy Oregon Burn Center, Portland, Oregon

2005  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Christine Kamnikar
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Jeffery Haines
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Mitchell L. Hewson
Therapeutic Garden Design The Elizabeth and Nona Evans Restorative Garden at Cleveland Botanical Garden

2004  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Karin Fleming
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Miho Kataoka
John Walker Community Service Dorothy Chapman Fuqua and Skyland Trail, Atlanta GA
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Fusayo Asano
Therapeutic Garden Design The Rusk Children’s Play Garden for Interactive Therapeutic Play at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

2003  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Lana Dreyfuss
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Jee-Eun Kang
John Walker Community Service Douglas J. Schwartz Living Foundation
Publication Award Dr. Candice Shoemaker
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Teresia M. Hazen, HTR
Therapeutic Garden Design Cancer Lifeline’s Healing Gardens at the Dorothy S. O’Brien Center

2002  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Judy Wengerd and McGregor Home
Douglas J. Schwartz Greenhouse Grant Seguin High School, Seguin, TX
John Walker Community Service Master Gardeners, James City County, VA
Therapeutic Garden Award Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital Garden

2001  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Julia Beems, HTR
Award of Appreciation Denver Botanic Gardens
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Nancy Stevenson, HTR
Scholarship Award Seong-Hyun Park
Therapeutic Landscape Design The Buehler Enabling Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden

2000  
Douglas J. Schwartz Greenhouse Grants The Hope School

1999  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Hank Bruce
Maria Gabaldo

1998  
Douglas J. Schwartz Greenhouse Grants Carolina Living and Learning Center Red Wiggler Foundation
Therapeutic Garden Design Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital’s Stenzel Healing Garden

1996  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Nancy K. Chambers, HTR
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Catherine Clopton
Certificate of Recognition Nancy C. Stevenson, HTR
Publication Award Mitchell Hewson, HTM
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Linda Ciccantelli, HTR

1995  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service American Horticultural Society
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Carol Thrasher
John Walker Community Service Serenity Hollow
Publication Award Joel Flagler, MFS, HTR
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Maxine Jewel Kaplan, HTM

1994  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Reba Roorbach
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Patrick Neal Williams, HTM
John Walker Community Service Casa Colina Career Development Center
Publication Award Perkins School for the Blind
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Karen Haas, HTR
Robert F. Lederer Special Services Inter-National Association of Business, Industry and Rehabilitation

1993  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Mitchell Hewson, HTM
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Madonna Stallman
John Walker Community Service San Francisco County Jail Horticulture Program
Publication Award

Nancy K. Chambers, HTR

Patrick Neal Williams, MS, HTM

Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Nancy K. Chambers, HTR
Robert F. Lederer Special Services Douglas J. Schwartz Living Foundation

1992  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Dale Sokkary, PhD
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Tonda Olsen
John Walker Community Service Desert Survivors
Publication Award Mary E. DeHart-Bennett
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Douglas L. Airhart, PhD, HTM
Robert F. Lederer Special Services Richard E. Sheppard

1991  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Charles Huckins, PhD
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Penny Stober
John Walker Community Service South Florida Regional Horticultural Industry Council
Publication Award South Florida Regional Horticultural Industry Council
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Joel S. Flagler, HTR
Robert F. Lederer Special Services Society of American Florists

1990  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service District II Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Patricia Cone
John Walker Community Service John Tristan, HTR
Publication Award Betty Morgan, HTR
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Jean A. Gillooly, HTR
Robert F. Lederer Special Services Friends Hospital

1989  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Rita Stevens-LeRoy
John Walker Community Service Debra Bunn, HTM
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Mark Gallagher, HTR
Robert F. Lederer Special Services Florists’ Transworld Delivery Association

1988  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Men's Garden Clubs of America, Inc.
Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship Kathleen M. Doutt
John Walker Community Service Melwood Horticultural Training Center
Publication Award Bibby Moore, HTR
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Bibby Moore, HTR
Robert F. Lederer Special Services American Association of Nurserymen

1987  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Nancy C. Stevenson, HTR
John Walker Community Service Chicago Botanic Garden
Publication Award Deborah Krause, HTR
Scholarship Award Pat Williams, HTR-Prov
Special Award Ð Sustaining Sponsor American Floral Endowment

1986  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Mary Godley
John Walker Community Service Larry Stouse
Publication Award Eugene A. Rothert, Jr., HTR
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Dennis Dean Thompson, HTM
Scholarship Award Cynthia D. Quinn

1985  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Maureen A. Phillips, HTM
John Walker Community Service Wilkes Community College
Publication Award Christine Wotowiec
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Connie R. Pierce, HTR
Scholarship Award Nadine Gall

1984  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Dr. Charles Lewis
John Walker Community Service University of Man
Publication Award Sherill Watkins

1983  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Nora Fryerson
John Walker Community Service Gardens for All
Publication Award Joan Shoemaker, HTM
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Sherry Boutard, HTR
Scholarship Award Carla Koehn

1982  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Green Guerillas
John Walker Community Service Clinton Valley Center
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Dr. Richard Mattson, HTM
Scholarship Award Lorraine Huddock

1981  
Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Service Dorothy Sundberg
John Walker Community Service Holden Arboretum
Publication Award John Brown
Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Dr. T. L. Senn, HTM