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Congratulations to the 2026 recipients of ASBA's Annual Awards!

Eunike Nugroho - ASBA Diane Bouchier Artist Award for Excellence in Botanical Art

Catherine Watters - ASBA James White Service Award for Dedication to Botanical Art

Hyojung Kim - Lizzie Sanders New Artist Award

The ASBA Awards Committee considers nominations of individuals to honor for artistic achievement and dedication to botanical art. More information about these awards and award criteria can be downloaded here: Award Criteria

Please contact Lara Call Gastinger with your nomination.

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ASBA DIANE BOUCHIER ARTIST AWARD

FOR EXCELLENCE IN BOTANICAL ART

2026 Eunike Nugroho

2025 Betsy Rogers-Knox

2020 Fiona Strickland

2015 Denise Walser-Kolar

2014 George Olson

2013 John Pastoriza-Piñol

2012 Heeyoung Kim

2011 milly acharya

2010 Karen Kluglein

2009 Francesca Anderson

2008 Dick Rauh

2007 Barbara Oozeerally

2006 Dianne McElwain

2005 Jean Emmons

2004 Lizzie Sanders

2003 Jessica Tcherepnine

2002 Katherine Manisco

2001 Linda Funk

2000 Timothy Angell

1999 Martha Kemp

1998 Carol Woodin

1997 Kate Nessler

1996 Anne Ophelia Dowden

Note: Prior to 2006 - Award for Excellence in Botanical Art

ASBA JAMES WHITE SERVICE AWARD

FOR DEDICATION TO BOTANICAL ART

2026 Catherine Watters

2025 Myra Sourkes

2024 Sir Peter Crane

2023 Gail Goodrich Harwood

2022 Sally Petru

2021 Gillian Rice

2020 Deborah Shaw

2019 Francesca Anderson

2013 Gregory Long/Board of Directors of The New York Botanical Garden

2012 Jody Williams

2011 Pat Jonas

2010 Lugene Bruno

2009 Carol Hamilton

2008 Marguerite “Meg” Buck

2007 James J. White

2006 Dick Rauh

2005 Julius Brown

2004 Eleanor Wunderlich

2003 Patricia Kernan

2002 Evelyn Kraus

2001 Frank A. Reynolds

2000 Anne-Marie Evans

1999 Kazunori Kurokawa

1998 Diane Bouchier

1997 Shirley Sherwood

1996 Anne Ophelia Dowden

Note: Prior to 2010 - ASBA Award for Service to Botanical Art

ASBA BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATOR AWARD

FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENTIFIC BOTANICAL ART

Presented Biennially

2025 Rogério Lupo

2022 Sarah Morrish

2020 Lucy Smith

2018 Lara Call Gastinger

2016 Esmée Winkel

2014 Lesley Randall

2012 Marjorie Leggitt

2010 Anita Walsmit Sachs

2008 Alice Tangerini

2006 Bobbi Angel

JESSICA TCHEREPNINE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2025 Carol Woodin

2022 Mieko Ishikawa

2019 Jessica Tcherepnine (dec.)

LIZZIE SANDERS NEW ARTIST AWARD

2026 Hyojung Kim

2025 Daleen Roodt

2024 Yoko Harada

2023 Christiane Fashek

2022 Sengmany Phommachakr

Catherine Watters, 2026 James White Service Award winner

2025 ASBA Diane Bouchier Artist award winner Betsy Roger's Knox (c) is presented her award by Patricia Jonas (l) and Lara Call Gastinger (r)

2025 ASBA James White Service Award winner Myra Sourkes (l) is presented her award by Lara Call Gastinger (c) and Patricia Jonas (r)

2025 Jessica Tcherepnine Lifetime Achievement Award winner Carol Woodin (c) is presented her award by Lara Call Gastinger (l) and Patricia Jonas (r)

2025 Lizzie Sanders New Artist Award winner Daleen Roodt

2025 ASBA Botanical Illustrator Award winner Rogério Lupo

2024 Diane Bouchier Artist Award Winner Mariko Ikeda

2024 James White Service Award Winner Sir Peter Crane (l) is presented his award by Patricia Jonas (r)

2024 Lizzie Sanders New Artist Award Winner Yoko Harada (l) is presented her award by John Pastoriza-Pinõl (r)

2023 Diane Bouchier Artist Award Winner Connie Scanlon (c) is presented her award by Catherine Watters (l) and Lara Call Gastinger (r)

2023 James White Service Award Winner Gail Goodrich Harwood (c) is presented her award by Catherine Watters (l) and Lara Call Gastinger (r)

2023 Lizzie Sander New Artist Award Winner Christiane Fashek (c) is presented her award by Catherine Watters (l) and Lara Call Gastinger (r)

2017 Diane Bouchier Artist Award Winner Mieko Ishikawa

2016 Award Winners (l-r) Beverly Allen, Esmée Winkel, Robin Jess

Denise Walser-Kolar (2nd from left) is presented the 2015 ASBA Diane Bouchier Excellence in Botanical Art Award by (from left) Martha Kemp, Victoria Matthews, Catherine Watters

Marilyn Garber (center) is presented the 2015 ASBA James White Service Award by (from left) Martha Kemp, Catherine Watters, Mary Bauschelt, Victoria Matthews

John Pastoriza-Pinõl is presented the 2013 ASBA Diane Bouchier Artist Award by (from left) Catherine Watters, Martha Kemp, Victoria Matthews, and Mary Bauschelt

Susan Fraser, Director of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, Garden President Gregory Long and ASBA Executive Director Robin Jess

with the James J. White Service Award for Dedication to Botanical Art presented to Mr. Long and the Board of Directors of The New York Botanical Garden

Heeyoung Kim (3rd from right) is presented the 2012 ASBA Diane Bouchier Artist Award by (from left) Lea Rohrbaugh, Diane Bouchier, Mary Bauschelt, Catherine Watters, and Martha Kemp

Jody Williams (right) is presented with the 2012 James J. White Service Award for Dedication to Botanical Art by, from left, Catherine Watters, Mary Bauschelt, Lea Rohrbaugh, and Martha Kemp.

Patricia Jonas is presented the 2011 ASBA James White Service Award (from left) Mary Bauschelt, Patricia Jonas, Martha Kemp, Catherine Watters

Lugene Bruno accepts the 2010 ASBA James White Service Award (from left) Catherine Watters, Martha Kemp, Lugene Bruno