Harold Pellett, executive director of the Landscape Plant Development Center (LPDC) in Mound, Minnesota, is the 2011 recipient of the Scott Medal and Award granted by the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Pellet’s 38-year academic career began at the University of Nebraska and continued at the University of Minnesota, from which he retired—and founded the LPDC. According to the Arboretum, “tireless work has resulted in a majestic list of new plants that have served the industry and the public with purpose and beauty. In addition to producing over 25 shrub and tree varieties, he was recognized as a Fellow of both the American Society of Horticultural Science and the International Plant Propagator’s Society (the highest honor these organizations bestow on members), published over 50 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and 80 articles in the trade or popular press.”