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NatureScape Broward Announces 2022 Emerald Award Winners
  
- Award recognizes projects demonstrating ecological practices -
  

BROWARD COUNTY, FL - Broward County NatureScape is pleased to announce the 2022 Emerald Award winners. The NatureScape Emerald Award recognizes businesses, municipalities, schools, government facilities (excluding Broward County agencies) and homeowners that have created and maintained model Florida-friendly landscapes or completed exceptional projects that demonstrate visible ecological practices.

2022 Emerald Award Winners:

Legacy Award

  • USDA, ARS, IPRL Keep it Native Demonstration (K.I.N.D) Garden, Davie 

School/Legacy Award

  • Driftwood Middle School Academy of Health and Wellness, Hollywood 

Residential Awards

  • Claire Bergen, Wilton Manors
  • Mario Rios, Wilton Manors
  • Cindy Rust, Davie
  • Pilar Londono-Cortes, Coral Springs
  • Keith London, Hallandale Beach

Municipality Awards

  • City of Sunrise Sawgrass Sanctuary, Sunrise

Municipal/School/Special Achievement Category

  • Gulfstream Academy of Hallandale Beach, Hallandale Beach

Special Achievement Awards

  • Harbordale Civic Association, Fort Lauderdale 
  • The Caring Community Inc., Davie 
Videos of the winning gardens will be available for view on our Water Matters Month website in March. For more information on NatureScapes, visit broward.org/naturescape.

About Environmental Planning and Community Resilience
Broward County's Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division coordinates regional climate resiliency strategies focused on the integration of urban and natural systems and protects, restores and enhances the quality, abundance and diversity of the County's natural resources through coordinated management efforts, with activities targeting five key areas: water resource policy and planning, urban and natural lands management, beach and marine resources, energy and sustainability, and environmental monitoring. For more information call 954-519-1270, visit our website, or follow us on Twitter.

February 8, 2022 
MEDIA CONTACT: Rose Bechard Butman, NatureScape Program Coordinator
Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division
954-519-0317