SUMMIT AWARD WINNERS 2012 - Southwest Wholesale Nursery 2013 - Calloway‘s Nursery 2014 - KBW Supply 2015 - Living Earth 2016 - Whiz-Q Stone 2017 - Landmark Nurseries, Inc. 2018 - Mortellaro’s Nursery
2019 - Hotchkiss Insurance 2020 - Everde Growers 2021 - Billy Long Enterprises 2022 - Not Awarded 2023 - Creekside Nursery 2024 - Leaf Landscape Supply
Special Thanks to Tonight’s Master of Ceremonies Scott Rigsby, TCLP Special Closing Performance Scotty Rigsby, Silverado Lawn & Landscaping Jay Williams, Landscape Art Gerry Bower, TLC Total Lawn Care LLC
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Texas Green Industry Safety Group Southwest Wholesale Nursery Grow and Company KBW Supply Action Visa Assistance Abbott-Ipco, Inc. Billy Long Enterprises SiteOne Landscape Supply Living Earth Elway Industries
2024 Awards Festival Program
ARP AWARD WINNERS
Order of Presentations Welcome Texas Excellence in Landscaping Honorable Mention Awards Texas Excellence in Landscaping Bronze & Silver Awards TNLA 2024 Young Leader Award Winner Brian Gatlin - Living Earth Texas Garden Retailer Silver & Gold Awards Texas Excellence in Landscaping Gold & Best of Show Award Winners Texas Garden Retailer Retailer of the Year Award Staff Award Kirt Faulkner TCNP, TCWSP, KBW SUPPLY Summit Award Leaf Landscape Supply
TNLA 2024 ARP Award Winner Billy Long, Billy Long Enterprises
1942 J. M. Ramsey 1943 L. M. Riggs 1944 Wilma Gunter 1945 V. E. Martin 1946 Not awarded 1947 S. G. Verhalen 1948 M. P. Ramsey 1949 O. J. Branch 1950 Gene Howard 1951 Don King 1952 John Van Valkenburgh 1953 J. B. Fitzpatrick 1954 S. Clark Kidd 1955 A. F. DeWerth 1956 Ralph Ellis Gunn 1957 Dr. Richard P. White 1958 Frank S. Cornelius 1959 "R. C. Aldridge, Sr." 1960 L. C. House 1961 Jack Jones 1962 "W. E. Gentry, III" 1963 " L. A. ""Slick"" Dean" 1964 L. J. Hilscher 1965 Raymond Mosty 1966 "Bob Baker, Jr." 1967 Warren Landwermeyer 1968 Sterling Cornelius 1969 James H. Walker 1970 Earl Vallot 1971 B. R. Fullingim 1972 Charles Black 1973 Everett Janne 1974 Ray Haynes 1975 Bill Bradshaw 1976 Joe Crank 1977 Winston Jones 1978 "Richard C. Aldridge, Jr." 1979 Sterling Cornelius 1980 Sidney Meadows 1981 Dr. James A. Foret
1982 George Wechsler 1983 George Pletcher 1988 Grady Wadsworth 1989 Otis Hawkins 1990 Harry Cole 1991 Elaine K. Turner 1992 Jesse Grubb 1993 John Bracken 1994 Joe Tew 1995 James K. Presnal 1996 Anne Muscat 1997 Eddy D. Edmondson 1998 Bill Shaw 1999 Joe Burks 2000 James & Joanne Harden 2001 Jack Davis 2002 Tom Mikulastik 2003 Dr. Don Wilkerson 2004 Gary Kinney 2005 Dr. Sam Cotner 2006 Jim Prewitt 2007 Tom Dickerson 2008 Not awarded 2009 Mike Branch 2010 Bill Brown 2011 Dr. Charles Hall 2012 Jim Estill 2013 Dr. Steve George 2014 James Wilhite 2015 Sam Weger 2016 Bob Cartwright 2017 Mark Harris 2018 Mark Chamblee 2019 John Peters 2020 Neil Sperry 2021 Johnette Taylor 2022 NONE because of switch from Aug - Jan 2023 Bill Carson 2024 Billy Long