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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;border:solid #b2b2b2 1.0pt"><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img width="600" height="150" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://connect.ahsgardening.org/image/awards/AwardsHeader.jpg"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border:none;padding:7.5pt .75pt 0in .75pt"><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Make a Nomination Today!<br><br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 3.75pt"><p style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Do you know someone in the gardening community who deserves recognition by the American Horticultural Society? </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://connect.ahsgardening.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fahsgardening.org%2fgardening-programs%2fnational-awards%2fgreat-american-gardeners&srcid=92319&srctid=1&erid=5837868&trid=943aa206-f23d-4301-84e6-d082d61efe47" target="awards"><span style="color:#009933">Nominations are open for the 2019 Great American Gardener Awards.</span></a> Given annually since 1953, these awards honor America's most accomplished individuals and organizations in horticulture. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"></span></p><p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Help the AHS identify outstanding individuals or organizations by nominating your "horticultural hero" - a memorable professor or school teacher, a favorite garden book author, or the driving force behind an incredible community project.<br><br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"></span></p><p style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">2019 Great American Gardener Awards will be given in these categories</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Liberty Hyde Bailey (lifetime achievement)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Emerging Horticultural Professional</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">B.Y. Morrison Communication</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Jane L. Taylor (supporting children and youth in gardening)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Landscape Design</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Meritorious Service (support of AHS and its mission)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Paul Ecke Jr. Commercial</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Professional (public garden administration)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Teaching</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Urban Beautification</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li></ul><p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Please note our new rule this year, nomination packets must stay within 10 pages.<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Nominations must be received by September 28, 2018 for consideration. </span></strong> Read here for full <a href="https://connect.ahsgardening.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ahsgardening.org%2fgardening-programs%2fnational-awards%2fgreat-american-gardeners&srcid=92319&srctid=1&erid=5837868&trid=943aa206-f23d-4301-84e6-d082d61efe47" target="awards"><span style="color:#009933">descriptions of the awards offered</span></a> and a link to the online nomination form</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">. <br><br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"></span></p><p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">For questions or to unsubscribe from future awards emails contact <a href="mailto:education@ahsgardening.org"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009933">education@ahsgardening.org </span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 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