CPC Star Awards
The CPC Star Award honors those who demonstrate the concern, cooperation, and personal investment needed to conserve our imperiled native plants.
Each year, CPC staff reviews nominees’ contributions they have made over the course of their career to the science and conservation of rare and endangered plants in North America. Such contributions may include: ground breaking scientific discoveries in plant cultivation; extraordinary work in reintroduction of plants; heroic efforts that saved a specific species; exceptionally creative activities resulting in increased community support for plant conservation; and their contributions towards advancing CPC’s mission.
Congrats to our 2021 Star Award Recipient, Dr. Naomi Fraga!
| Year | Awarded to |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Naomi Fraga - California Botanic Garden |
| 2020 | Jennifer Ramp Neale - Denver Botanic Gardens |
| 2019 | Matthew Albrecht – Missouri Botanical Garden |
| 2018 | Ed Schneider – Botanical Research Institute of Texas |
| 2017 | Joan Yoshioka – Plant Extinction Prevention Program Anita Tiller- Mercer Botanic Gardens |
| 2016 | Chipper and Hau’oli Wichman – National Tropical Botanical Garden |
| 2015 | Alan Weakley – UNC Chapel Hill |
| 2014 | Peter White – North Carolina Botanical Garden |
| 2013 | Flo Oxley – Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Johnny Randall – North Carolina Botanical Garden Jackie Poole – Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, CPC Science Advisory Council |
| 2012 | Michael Wall – Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Nellie Sugii – Harold L. Lyon Arboretum |
| 2011 | Holly Forbes – University of California Botanical Garden |
| 2010 | Valerie Pence – Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden |
| 2009 | Peter & Mary Ashton – CPC Board of Trustees
Joyce Maschinski – Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Peter Raven – Missouri Botanical Garden |
| 2008 | Dieter Wilken – Santa Barbara Botanic Garden |
| 2007 | Christina Walters – National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation (USDA-ARS) |
| 2006 | Bill Brumback – New England Wild Flower Society |
| 2005 | Peggy Olwell – USFWS, CPC, NPS, BLM |
| 2004 | Don Falk – CPC Founder
Frank Thibodeau – CPC Founder |
| 2003 | David Orr – Waimea Valley |
| 2002 | Edward Guerrant – Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank and Plant Conservation Programs
Kayri Havens-Young – Chicago Botanic Garden Mike Maunder – Florida International University |
| 2001 | Bobbi Angell – Botanical Illustrator |