The AHS is pleased to announce that the late Enid A. Haupt is the recipient of the Great American Gardeners Award for Meritorious Service. Haupt (1906–2005) was a philanthropist and publisher whose generosity benefited numerous gardening, cultural, and medical research causes. It was Haupt’s $1 million donation to the American Horticultural Society (AHS) in 1973 that allowed the Society to purchase River Farm as its permanent headquarters. Born in Chicago, Haupt was the daughter of publishing magnate Moses Annenberg. She was publisher of the magazine Seventeen for 18 years before turning her focus to philanthropy. In addition to the AHS, recipients of her love of horticulture included the New York Botanical Garden, the Smithsonian Institution Gardens in Washington, D.C., the Lady Bird Johnson Wild Flower Center in Austin, Texas, and the gardens around the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. For a complete list of the 2023 Great American Gardeners Award winners, please visit ...