Awards and Honors
- Silver Medal for Excellence in Horticultural Writing
- Jackson Dawson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Plant Propagation (Massachusetts Horticultural Society)
- Silver Seal (National Federation of State Garden Clubs)
- Medal of Honor (1993, Garden Clubs of America)
- Scott Medal (Swarthmore College)
- Honorary Doctorate (1998, University of Massachusetts Amherst) for significant contributions to Horticulture and the University.
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