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
HISTORY OF DUGDALE WINNERS
2023 City of Lynchburg, Virginia
2022 Save River Farm Committee
2021 The Northern Neck Land Conservancy and Leighton Powell, Scenic Virginia
2020 Christine and Frederick Andreae and Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary
2019 Nansemond River Preservation Alliance
2018 The Piedmont Environmental Council
2017 Blue Ridge Partnership in Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM)
2016 William S. (Bill) Portlock
2015 Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute
2014 Paul E. Bugas, Jr.
2013 Corbin Harwood
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