Garden Conservancy Honored for Organizational Excellence

October 15, 2009

The special award goes to a nonprofit organization that has demonstrated extraordinary achievement over a long period of time.

 

The National Trust cited the Garden Conservancy as the nation's first group dedicated to preserving gardens. “The Garden Conservancy is one of the first organizations in the country to recognize that important gardens are an essential part of our irreplaceable heritage – as much a part of the historic preservation landscape as buildings, birth sites and battlefields,” said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “Equally important, this dedicated organization has encouraged us all to discover, enjoy and be inspired by some the nation’s most beautiful places.”

 

Click here to watch a short two-minute video, compiled by the National Trust, showing the Garden Conservancy's preservation work around the country.

Click here to read the National Trust for Historic Preservation's press release.