Outstanding Project:

“Hammocks in the Hammock”
by UCF’s Landscaping and Natural Resources Department

Outstanding Program:

“Urban Orchards Project”
By Community Greening

Outstanding Professional:

Elise Cassie

Outstanding Tree Advocates:

Susan Fisher Davis and the late Ann Baker of Greenscape of Jacksonville

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Erin Givens

Pictured left to right: Britta Gross (OUC Commission President), Erin Givens (OUC Veg. Program Mgr.), Deborah Hilbert (FUFC Executive Director), LeMoyne Adams (OUC VP), Clint Bullock (OUC CEO)
Photo by Stephanie Cameron

Outstanding Professional:

Dalton Smith

Outstanding Tree Advocate:

Carol Mini

Outstanding Urban Forestry Project:

Greenscape
for their project at the

Jacksonville Equestrian Center

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program:

Florida International University

Outstanding Utility:

JEA

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Elizabeth Harkey

Outstanding Professional:

Nora Fosman

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort, Inc. (T.R.E.E. Inc.)

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Mike Robinson

Outstanding Urban Forestry
Project:

Venice Urban Forest

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program:

Planting Nassau’s Future

Outstanding Tree Ordinance:

University of Central Florida Tree Mitigation

Outstanding Professional:

Richard Leon

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

JEA Vegetative Management Team

Outstanding Project:

Camp Elmore – Dirt Patrol

Outstanding Project:

Kids in the Woods – University of Florida IFAS, SFRC, and US Forest Service, SRS/R8

Outstanding Project:

630-CITY Tree Planting Project

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program:

Pinellas County Public Works Urban Forestry and Landscape Services

Outstanding Tree Ordinance:

City of Miami Beach Tree Preservation and Protection Ordinance

Outstanding Professional:

Wade F. Collum

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

Community Greening

Outstanding Project:

Floral City Avenue of the Oaks / Marcia Beasley and Frank Peters

Outstanding Urban Forestry Project:

Coral Way Tree Preservation Project

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program:

City of Miami Beach Junior Forester Program

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Norm Easey

Outstanding Professional:

Tim Shaw

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

Tree Stewards Jacksonville

Outstanding Project:

Mounts Botanical Garden: Windows on the Floating World

Outstanding Project:

The Greening of the Arc

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program:

University of Central Florida’s Urban Forestry Program

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Meg Niederhofer

Outstanding Professional:

 

Todd DeJesus

Outstanding Tree Advocate:

David Fischer

Outstanding Project:

Greenscape of Jacksonville Fresh Food Forest

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program:

City of Miami Parks and Recreation Department Natural Areas Division

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Celeste White

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Gene Dempsey

Outstanding Professional:

Samuel E. Hand, Jr.

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

Urban Paradise Guild

Outstanding Urban Forestry Project:

Partners in Preservation – Broward County Environmental Planning

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Large Community:

City of Orlando, One Person One Tree

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Steve Graham

Outstanding Professional:

Robert “Rob” Northrop

Outstanding Tree Advocate:

L. Thomas Chancey

Outstanding Public Educational Program:

Traveling Tree Walk – UF/IFAS Pinellas County Extension

Outstanding Urban Forestry Project:

Wildcat Playground and Born Learning Trail – City of Ocala

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Large Community:

Town of Davie

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Small Community:

City of Newberry

Lifetime Achievement Award:

David McLean

Outstanding Tree Advocate:

Bryce Forrester

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

City of Punta Gorda –
PGI Green Thumbs

Outstanding Public Educational Program:

Town of Lantana – Arbor Day/Tu B’Shvat

Outstanding Project:

Lehigh Acres Trailhead Park (Lee County)

Outstanding Professional:

Carlos Rivero

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Charlie Marcus

Outstanding
Professional:

Michael DePappa

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

Keep Manatee Beautiful, Inc.

Outstanding Public Educational Program:

Windermere Tree Board and Tree Climbing Concepts Training Team, Inc.

Outstanding Project:

Preserving a Legacy: Transplanting a 36″ Live Oak at the University of Tampa

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Large Community:

City of Sunrise

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Small Community:

City of Wilton Manors

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Julie Iooss

Outstanding
Professional:

Kimberly Pearson

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

Citizens for a Better South Florida

Outstanding Tree Advocate:

Janice Rahill

Outstanding Public Educational Program:

City of Punta Gorda – Arbor Day Tree Academy

Outstanding Project:

LEGOLAND® Florida

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Large Community:

City of Orlando

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Small Community:

City of Naples

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Loren Westenberger

Outstanding Professional:

Celeste White

Outstanding Public Educational Program:

City of Palm Coast – Educational Tree Nursery

Outstanding Project:

City of Casselberry – Lake Concord Park

Outstanding Project:

Lee County DOT – Summerlin Road Beautification Project

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Large Community:

City of Miami Gardens

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Small Community:

City of Keystone Heights Tree Planting Partnership Program

Lifetime Achievement Award:

James B. Harrell

Outstanding Professional:

Rob Williamson

Outstanding Public Educational Program:

Broward County Tree Trimmer Certification Program

Outstanding Project:

Lake Nona

Outstanding Project:

Nova Southeast University Lower School and Central Plant Project

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Large Community:

Town of Davie

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program / Small Community:

City of St. Augustine Beach

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Jeffrey Siegel

Outstanding Professional:

Carol Keiper-Bennett

Outstanding Individual:

Emily Nell Lagerquist

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

TreeWatch Committee of the Coconut Grove Village Council

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program:

City of Largo

Outstanding Project – Tree Preservation:

Oakland Park

Outstanding Project – Tree Planting:

NW 27th Avenue Corridor Beautification Project

Edward W. Bok Award:

C. Way Hoyt

2007 Florida Tree City of the Year:

Town of Windermere

Outstanding Professional:

Howard Jeffries

Outstanding Individual:

Anna Dooley

Outstanding Tree Advocacy Group:

Greenscape of Jacksonville

Outstanding Urban Forestry Program:

Sarasota County Urban Forestry

Outstanding Project:

Verandah by Bonita Bay Group

Edward W. Bok: Award:

Jim Marshall, Sr.

2006 Florida Tree City of the Year:

City of Eustis