The Wreath of Grass Award is the FTGA’s highest honor and pays tribute to individuals who have shown outstanding service to the FTGA and to the turfgrass industry.
| James L. Blackledge | July 1960 | Jerry H. Cheesman | October 1984 | | Gene Nutter, Ph.D. | August 1960 | T. E. Freeman, Ph.D. | October 1985 | | O. S. Baker | November 1960 | Dan Jones | October 1987 | | Joseph R. Konwinski | January 1961 | Gerald Millholen | October 1988 | | Lloyd M. Clifton | March 1961 | Thomas M. Latta, Ph.D. | October 1989 | | T. A. Johnson | May 1961 | Michael T. Ayer | October 1990 | | William L. Barton | July 1961 | Ruth Shepherd | October 1991 | | L. N. "Buddy" Clark | August 1961 | Harold Jones | September 1992 | | Ralph F. Jones | November 1961 | Bob Yount | September 1993 | | Sidney Kirkpatrick | January 1962 | Mike Swanson | September 1994 | | John Schabinger | March 1962 | Mark Jarrell | September 1995 | | Henry C. Martin | May 1962 | John Luper | September 1996 | | James E. Ousley | July 1962 | Charlie Campbell | September 1997 | | Edward B. Cale | August 1962 | W. Tim Hiers, CGCS | September 1998 | | Colonel Frank Ward | January 1963 | Jack Harrell, Sr. | August 1999 | | Howard Bardsley | May 1963 | Joseph R. Konwinski - Awarded the Gold
Wreath of Grass | August 1999 | | David W. Turner | July 1963 | Michael McLaughlin | August 2000 | | Ralph W. White | November 1963 | Glenn Oberlander | August 2001 | | Ralph Harper | May 1964 | Wayne Mixon, Ph.D. | August 2001 | | Ward Wood | July 1964 | Joel Jackson | September 2002 | | Nash Higgins | November 1964 | Jerry B. Sartain, Ph.D. | September 2003 | | Chan W. Baker | May 1965 | Jeff Hayden (Posthumously) | September 2003 | | Ralph Smalley | August 1965 | Steve Pearson | September 2004 | | Roy Bair, Ph.D. | May 1966 | David Barnes | September 2004 | | Wayne A. Hibbs | October 1966 | Robert Rehberg* | September 2005 | | Harvey Linderman | May 1967 | John Cisar, Ph.D. | September 2005 | | Robert A. Lagesse | October 1967 | Erica Marie Santella | September 2006 | | Robert Willis | May 1968 | Roy Bates | September 2007 | | Charlie Johnson | October 1968 | Jan Bel Jan | September 2008 | | Francis Brannan | April 1969 | J. Bryan Unruh, Ph.D. | September 2009 | | E. O. Burt, Ph.D. | September 1969 | Tom Wells (Posthumously) | September 2009 | | G. C. Horn, Ph.D. | April 1970 | Matthew R. Taylor, CGCS | September 2010 | | Ben Reemelin | October 1970 | Darren Davis | September 2011 | | William E. Colburn | May 1971 | George Snyder, Ph.D. | September 2011 | | Arthur Griffes | September 1971 | Greg Pheneger | September 2012 | | Joseph Yuzzi | May 1972 | Stuart Leventhal | January 2013 | | Wynfred R. Briggs | October 1972 | Betsy McGill | September 2013 | | J. Leroy Fortner | May 1973 | Laurie Trenholm, Ph.D. | September 2013 | | Robert H. Enochs | October 1973 | Mac Carraway | September 2014 | | John S. Hutton | October 1974 | Eileen Buss, Ph.D. | September 2015 | | Stanley F. Cruse | October 1975 | Ralph White - Awarded the Gold
Wreath of Grass | September 2015 | | Charles L. "Bud" Quandt | October 1976 | Barry Troutman, Ph.D. | September 2016 | | Carl R. "Bud" Pearson | October 1976 | John Piersol | September 2017 | | Harvey E. Phillips | October 1977 | Phil Busey, Ph.D. | September 2018 | | Harry G. Meyers, Ph.D. | October 1978 | Jack Harrell Jr. | August 2019 | | Robert B. Sanderson | October 1979 | Andy Jorgensen | August 2020 | | David L. DeBra | October 1980 | Will Nugent | November 2021 | | Brian M. Silva | October 1981 | Adam Jones
| November 2022 | | Max A. Brown, Ph.D. | October 1982 | John Wildmon
| December 2024
| | William G. Wagner | October 1983 | John Foy | October 2025 |
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