The Floriculture Hall of Fame is the industry’s highest honor. It is designed to recognize and encourage the highest standards of service and professional responsibility in members of the floral industry.
The objectives are:
- To provide appropriate recognition honoring those men and women of sound moral character and high integrity who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to the advancement of floriculture as an integral part of the American way of life.
- To ensure the perpetuation of the memories of such men and women by enshrining their good works in a manner befitting their contributions.
How to nominate someone for the Hall of Fame
Nomination Form
Nomination Deadline: April 1, 2025
Nominations stay active for a period of 10 years.
Floriculture Hall of Fame Recipients
2024
Paul Daum
2023
Terril Nell, Ph.D., AAF
2022
Pete Garcia, AAF
2021
Kenneth Royer, AAF
2019
Jim and Ellen Ellison
2018
Peter J. Moran
2017
Bobbi Ecker-Blatchford, AAF, AIFD, PFCI
2016
Dwight J. Larimer, AAF, PFCI
2015
Del Demaree Jr., AAF
Charles F. Walton
2014
Ken Tagawa
2013
Anna Ball
2012
Tom Butler, AAF, PFCI
Herman Meinders, AAF
Walter L. Preston
2011
Charles F. Kremp III, AAF
2010
Harrison “Red” Kennicott, AAF
Todd Bachman*
2009
M. James Leider, AAF
2008
H. Michael Mellano, AAF
2007
Rocky Pollitz, AAF, AIFD, PFCI
2006
Jules “Toots” Armellini, AAF
2005
Albert Felly, AAF
2004
J. Sten Crissey, AAF
2001
Jose (Pepe) M. de la Torre, AAF
Arne M. Thirup, AAF
2000
Ole B. Nissen
1999
Franz Fruehwirth
1998
Carmen Cosentino
1997
Donald E. Weder
1996
Dr. William H. Carlson
1995
Vincent P. Adamo*
1994
Dr. Robert Langhans
Douglas K. Dillon
1993
Paul Ecke, Jr.*
Victor Ball1992
George Dean, Jr.
Arthur T. Ito
1991
Dr. Haruyuki Kamemoto
Egon Molbak
1990
Dr. Richard Craig
Melvin H. Schwanke
1989
Stanley F. Bachman
Dr. Roy A. Larson*
Dr. Harry K. Tayama
1988
Dr. August De Hertogh
Dr. Harold F. Wilkins
1987
Robert C. Dewey
Vernon L. Smithers
Olin A. Wetzel
1986
Morris “Buddy” Benz*
Richard D. Chapin
James C. Krone
1985
William Duffett
Aart VanWingerden
James Boswell Vosters, Sr.
1984
Claude Hope
James C. Mikkelsen
Herb Mitchell
1983
Jack B. Kaufman*
William H. Kistler*
Eulalah May Overmeyer*
1982
Oscar G. Carlstedt*
Cloy Miller
Harry Miller*
1981
Frank Kuwahara
Samuel S. Pennock, III*
Fred Wesemeyer*
1980
Everett Conklin*
Eugene Endres*
Harrison Kennicott, Jr.*
1979
Ralph Bachman
Edward Carl Grande*
Dr. John Seeley
1978
John H. Walker*
1977
Dr. H. Marc Cathey
Winfred David Holley
Charles Foster Pennock*
1976
Kenneth F. Baker*
Irwin Betermann*
Yoshimi Shibata
1975
Irving Allen*
George Jacob Ball*
William Elliott DeLoache*
1974
Eugene S. Boerner*
Dr. Donald Carl Kiplinger*1973
Pinkney S. Cook*
William Wallace Patterson*
Gustav Henry Poesch*
1972
Alfred Byrd Graf
Walter E. Mosmiller, Jr.,*
Harold F. Yoder*
1971
Walter Julius Engel*
Leland T. Kintzele*
Bert Schiller McDonald*
1970
Paul Ecke, Sr.*
Frederick Carl Gloeckner*
Joseph M. Johnston, Jr.*
1969
Mennick Truman Fossom*
Earl Gurney Mann*
Albert Pochelon*
William Zappettini, Sr.*
1968
Ethel M. “Tommy” Bright*
Joseph Herbert Hill*
W. Albert Manda*
Dr. Neil W. Stuart*
1967
H. Rollo Mueller*
Frances Jones Poetker
Leonard Holden Vaughan*
Hubert J. “Hub” Wolfe*
1966
John Henry Dudley*
William F. Gude*
Ora Benjamin Haley, Jr.*
Samuel Sellers Pennock, Sr.*
1965
Edward Goeppner
Robert H. Roland*
Joseph Shinoda*
1964
Dr. Samuel L. Emsweller*
Granville Gude*
Prof. Paul R. Krone*
Prof. Alex Laurie*
Edward McCarthy*
Arno Nehrling*
John Thorpe*
1963
Liberty Hyde Bailey*
Herman B. Dorner*
E.G. Hill*
Ray Murphy*
Samuel S. Pennock, Jr.*
Kenneth Post*
James Sykora*
John Valentine*
* deceased