Awards

Nurserymen’s Hall of Fame Award

  • 1978 Earl Ferris – Huntley, Illinois
  • 1979 Dwight W. Hughes – Cedar Rapids, IA
  • 1980 Paul Dunlap – West Des Moines, IA
  • 1983 Harley Deems – Charles City, IA
  • 1984 Bill Heard – Johnston, IA
  • 1985 Vic Foster – Waterloo, IA
  • 1986 Dale Siems – Charles City, IA
  • 1987 Dick Hoskins – Des Moines, IA
  • 1988 John Vermeer – Pella, IA
  • 1989 Dean Platt – Waterloo, IA
  • 1990 Lloyd Cafferty – Ames, IA
  • 1990 Ralph Hughes – Cedar Rapids, IA
  • 1991 Myrtle Peckosh – Cedar Rapids, IA
  • 1991 M.R. “Peck” Peckosh – Cedar Rapids, IA
  • 1993 Bill Blackmore – Mason City, IA
  • 1994 Arie Kroeze – Iowa City, IA
  • 1995 Jack Miller – Peoria, AZ
  • 1996 Larry Sjulin – Hamburg, IA
  • 1997 Shirley Peckosh – Cedar Rapids, IA
  • 1998 Del Brockshus – Spencer
  • 1999 Pete Click – Ankeny, IA
  • 2001 Gary Fisk –
  • 2002 Eric Sjulin – Hamburg, IA
  • 2003 Dwight Hughes, Jr. – Cedar Rapids, IA
  • 2007 Bob Rennebohm
  • 2010 Ken Peckosh
  • 2011 Les Gehrels
  • 2013 Todd Bochshus, Spencer, IA
  • 2014 Aleda Feuerbach. Iowa City, IA
  • 2015 Steve Ritter, Davenport
  • 2016 Chuck Porto, Iowa City
  • 2017
  • 2018 Doug Matthias, Iowa City
  • 2019 Linda Grieve, Ankeny
  • 2020 Ryan Ritter
  • 2022 Tom Hughes, Cedar Rapids, IA

INLA Merit Award

  • 1969 Harley Deems – Charles City, IA
  • 1969 Les Sjulin – Hamburg, IA
  • 1969 C.C. Smith – Charles City, IA
  • 1970 Clyde Heard – Des Moines, IA
  • 1971 Wayne Ferris – Hampton, IA
  • 1972 Donald Moffet –
  • 1973 Albert Ferguson – Beaver, IA
  • 1974 George Rose – Shenandoah, IA
  • 1984 Ken Norgord – Azusa, CA
  • 1985 Charles Hall – Ames, IA
  • 1986 Griffith Buck – Ames, IA
  • 1987 Bob Lederer – Washington DC
  • 1988 John Mahlstede – Ames, IA
  • 1989 Robert Dyas – Ames, IA
  • 1990 Marshall “Bud” Stone – Union, IL
  • 1991 Bill Boon – Ames, IA
  • 1992 Carl Carlson – Des Moines, IA
  • 1992 Jeff Iles – Ames, IA
  • 1993 Dan Cooper – Des Moines, IA
  • 1994 John McLaren – Shenandoah,IA
  • 1995 Steve Trusty – Council Bluffs, IA
  • 1995 Suz Trusty – Council Bluffs, IA
  • 1996 Berl Priebe – Algona, IA
  • 1997 Camille Valley – Des Moines, IA
  • 1997 Rae Boysen – Madrid, IA
  • 1998 Harlan Hamernik – Clarkson, NE
  • 1999 Bill McAdams – Des Moines, IA
  • 2000 Jeff Iles – Ames, IA
  • 2001 John Walkowiak – Washington
  • 2010 Mike Bevins, IDALS
  • 2011 Ann Marie VanderZanden, ISU
  • 2012 Barb Osborn, ISU
  • 2013 Dr. Donald Lewis, ISU
  • 2015 Brent Gustason
  • 2016 Jeff Iles
  • 2018 Wayne Koos
  • 2019 Robert Adolph

Iowa Certified Nursery Professional of the Year

  • 1998 Marv Feller
  • 1999 Ralph Eyberg
  • 2001 Rich Kroeze
  • 2003 Shirley Peckosh
  • 2004 Jim Mason
  • 2005 Lynn Kuhn
  • 2005 Vic Scott
  • 2010 Ryan Bates
  • 2011 Chuck Porto
  • 2012 Todd Scott (?)
  • 2013 Dan Foss, Matthias Landscaping
  • 2014 Nathan Lansing, Mattias Landscaping
  • 2015 Kevin Fehr
  • 2016 Shawna Moss
  • 2017 Paul Saladin
  • 2018 Ann Marie VanDerZanden
  • 2019 Michael Burkle
  • 2020 Dylan Schrock

Honorary Lifetime Memberships

  • Bill Blackmore
  • Del Brockshus
  • *Lloyd Cafferty
  • *Simpson Carey
  • Pete Click
  • *Professor A.E. Cott
  • *Harley Deems
  • *Dr. E. L. Denison
  • *Paul Dunlap
  • Earl Ferris
  • Gary Fisk
  • *Vic Foster
  • *Bill Heard
  • *Clyde Heard
  • *Dick Hoskins
  • Dwight Hughes, Jr.
  • *Ralph Hughes
  • *Hazel Hughes
  • *Arie Kroeze
  • Jeff Iles
  • Dr. John Mahlstede
  • Dolores Mertz
  • Jack Miller
  • *Ken Norgord
  • *Harold Parnham
  • *M.R. “Peck” Peckosh
  • *Myrtle Peckosh
  • Shirley Peckosh
  • *Professor B.S. Pickett
  • Dean Platt
  • Dale Siems*
  • Eric Sjulin
  • John Vermeer
  • *Professor E.C. Volz