Awards
Festival program 2025
ORDER OF PRESENTATION
Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Kevin Grossberndt
TNLA 2025 Young Leader Award Winner Lauren Kirchner, Spring Creek Growers, Inc. Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Herman Vess TNLA 2025 Young Leader Award Winner Matthew Hogue, Hogue Landscape Services, LLC Texas Garden Retailer Gold & Retailer of the Year Winners Texas Excellence in Landscaping Gold & Best of Show Winners TNLA Summit Award Alldredge Gardens TNLA Staff Award To be announced TNLA ARP Award Adrian Muehlstein TMCNP, Southwest Wholesale Past TNLA Summit Award Winners 2012 - Southwest Wholesale Nursery
2019 - Hotchkiss Insurance
2013 - Calloway‘s Nursery
2020 - Everde Growers
2014 - KBW Supply
2021 - Billy Long Enterprises
2015 - Living Earth
2022 - Not Awarded
2016 - Whiz-Q Stone 2017 - Landmark Nurseries, Inc.
2023 - Creekside Nursery 2024 - Leaf Landscape Supply 2025- Alldredge Gardens
Past ARP Award Winners 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." 2018 Mark Chamblee 1979 Sterling Cornelius 2019 John Peters 1980 Sidney Meadows 2020 Neil Sperry 2021 Johnette Taylor 1981 Dr. James A. Foret 2022 NONE 1982 George Wechsler 2023 Bill Carson 1983 George Pletcher 2024 Billy Long 1988 Grady Wadsworth 2025 Adrian Muehlstein 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
Special Closing Performance Scotty Rigsby, Silverado Lawn & Landscaping Jay Williams, Landscape Art
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