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PGMS News PGMS
Salutes Grounds Management Excellence
This awards program brings national recognition to grounds maintained with a high degree of excellence. The Green Star Competition complements other national landscape award programs that recognize outstanding landscape design and construction.
This year's program acknowledged the nation's top grounds in settings ranging from hospitals to resorts to universities. Overall, PGMS presented 19 Grand Awards, its highest honor, as well as 20 Honor Awards in fourteen categories of competition. Seven of the total award winners were in the Urban University Grounds Category. Columbia University in New York City, American University in Washington, D.C. and the University of Texas at Austin all took home Grand Awards. They were joined by the following Honor Award winners in this category: University of Pittsburgh; University of Nevada Las Vegas; University of Alberta in Canada and Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. PGMS presented a Grand Award in the Small Site Category to Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center in Charlottesville, Va. as well as a Grand Award in the Government Building or Complex Category to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. PGMS
presented four Grand Awards and an Honor Award in the Hospital or
Institution Category. Lexington Medical
Center in West Columbia, S.C., University
of Virginia Health System Physical Plant in Charlottesville,
The Queen's Medical Center
in Honolulu, Hawaii and Waverly Heights
Ltd. in Gladwyne, Pa. were bestowed with Grand
Awards. Located in Covington, La., St. Tammany
Parish Hospital was an Honor Award recipient. Progressive Insurance in Mayfield Village, Ohio was recognized with a Grand Award in the Industrial, Commercial Site or Office Park Category. Abbott Park in Abbott, Ill. received an Honor Award in the same category. An Honor Award in the Public Works Site Category went to the City of Milwaukee, Wis. for outstanding maintenance for their boulevard landscapes. PGMS
presented two Grand Awards and two Honor Awards in its Park, Recreation
Area or Playground Category. The City of
Henderson in Nevada received an award for Mission Hills
Park and the Biltmore Estate
in Asheville, N.C. received the other Grand Award. The
City of Farmers Branch received an honor award for Don
Showman Park and the City of Henderson
captured the other honor award for Anthem Hills Park. PGMS
also presented one Grand Award and two Honor Awards in its Condominium
or Apartment Complex Category. Located in Charlotte, N.C., Post
Uptown Place was honored with a Grand Award. Post
Midtown Square in Houston, Texas and Post
Lindbergh in Atlanta, Ga. both received honor awards.
The University of Miami/Unicco won the sole Grand Award in the Athletic Fields Category. Three others received Honor Awards in this field including: Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., Bell Gardens Sports Center in Bell Gardens, Calif. and the City of Henderson-Arroyo Grande Complex in Nevada. Winner of the Grand Award in the Professional Fields Category was Surprise Recreation Campus in Surprise, Ariz. The City of Bell Gardens in California received an Honor Award for the Bell Gardens Golf Course in the Golf Course Category. PGMS presented a Grand Award and an Honor Award in the School Grounds Category. Cincinnati State Technical & Community College in Ohio received the Grand Award while Gwinnett Technical College in Lawrenceville, Ga. received the Honor Award. A Grand Award and four Honor Awards were presented in the University and College Grounds Category. The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio received the sole Grand Award. Honor Award recipients include: The University of Virginia in Charlottesville; Texas Tech University in Lubbock; Texas Woman's University in Denton; and Penn State Delaware County in Media, Pa. Founded
in 1911, PGMS is an individual membership society of grounds professionals
advancing the grounds management profession through education and
professional development. The Green Star Awards program brings national
recognition to grounds maintained with a high degree of excellence.
The program complements other national landscape award programs
that recognize outstanding landscape design and construction. ###
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The
Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) has recognized 39
grounds management programs for excellence in the Society's 2007
Green Star Awards Competition. The 35th Annual Awards were presented
in Louisville, Ky. during PGMS' School of Grounds Managementl held
October 24-27 in conjunction with the GIE+Expo.
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