Past honorees have been pioneers in print, radio and television. Their names have graced campus buildings and public gardens. For a dairy farmers grandson from Maine, the news that he was to receive the Ameri-can Horticultural Societys 2006 Horticultural Communication Award was the most humbling of his career.
To be included among the past recipients of AHS awards is the highest honor of my professional life, and nothing I could ever have dreamed of receiving, said Paul Tukey, who founded People, Places & Plants magazine in 1995, along with a television show of the same name in 2002. It is something I share with an incredibly dedicated staff at People, Places & Plants and my friends and family, who have supported me through all the trials and tribulations of an running an independently-owned publishing company in this day and age. Honestly, to win this was stunning.
Founded in 1922, the American Horticultural Society is one of the oldest gardening organizations in the nation. Its awards program, started in 1952, is considered to be the most prestigious in the field of horticulture.
The American Horticultural Society recognizes American...