The Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Meritorious Achievement in Conservation was first presented in 1974, and in 1989 was named for Mrs. Arthur A. Dugdale of the Ashland Garden Club, an outstanding member of the GCV who originated the Conservation Forum. It is presented to an organization, industry or an individual who is not a GCV member for outstanding work in conservation.
Nominations should be mailed by June 1 to:
Garden Club of Virginia
Kent-Valentine House
12 East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219
| 2012 | Lynnhaven River Now |
| 2011 | Alliance to Save the Mattaponi |
| 2010 | Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. |
| 2008 | Stanley G. Breakell and Robert G. Burnley |
| 2007 | Union Bank and Trust |
| 2006 | Miranda Bryant Strutton |
| 2005 | William H. Harrison |
| 2004 | Dr. Charles K. Price and Robert A. S. Wright |
| 2003 | The Friends of the Shenandoah |
| 2002 | Dimon, Incorporated |
| 2001 | Nancy Ross Hugo |
| 2000 | Georgie Hughes Morgan |