The Homer Lucas Public Landscape Award is given to an individual, organization, or agency responsible for designing and/or maintaining a landscape for public enjoyment (such as parks, public gardens, roadside areas, or nature centers) that displays wildflowers or other temperate North American native plants for aesthetic and educational benefit.  The area must be at least three years old prior to evaluation and must exhibit excellence of design and maintenance in all seasons.  Judges’ visits were scheduled. The 2008 Award is given to the Edward F. Piela Wildflower Garden at Stanley Park in Westfield, MA, for providing the public with an educational, peaceful oasis, where over 200 wildflowers grow in a well-maintained, natural setting below a canopy of towering pine trees.

Charlie Spencer accepted the award for the Edward F. Piela Wildflower Garden.