The Garden Club of Stone Harbor in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, is winner of a 1999 Lady Bird Johnson award, given for exemplary leadership in roadside beautification. For the past 20 years, the club has planted and taken care of trees, flowers, and shrubs along the 40 boulevard traffic islands running through town.

The Wilshire Center Streetscape Project of Los Angeles, California, is winner of the second 1999 Lady Bird Johnson Award. The project is being recognized for its role in transforming an area destroyed by the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Today thousands of trees and flowers have been planted in a 21-block stretch of Wilshire Boulevard, adding beauty and helping attract businesses to the area.

Leaders in tree planting and environmental stewardship from around the country and world were honored by The Arbor Day Foundation at its 27th annual Arbor Day Awards celebration held in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on Saturday, May 1, 1999.  Award winners are recognized for their leadership in the cause of tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship. The awards ceremony was part of the annual Arbor Day weekend celebration held in Nebraska City from April 30 - May 2.