Diane Lewis

Katonah, NY – Diane Lewis, MD, is founder of the nonprofit organization The Great Healthy Yard Project.

Her book, The Great Healthy Yard Project, won the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards silver medal for Home and Garden Books. Lewis also received the 2015 Advocate Award from Environmental Advocates of New York, the 2016 Environmental Champion Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for The Great Healthy Yard Project, and the 2021 Margaret Douglas Medal from the Garden Club of America. Lewis has written opinion pieces about health and the environment for major newspapers. In 2018 The Great Healthy Yard Project partnered with The Garden Club of America to decrease pesticide usage on yards and gardens across the United States.

Lewis is a member of Bedford Garden Club and served on the National Affairs and Legislation Committee for Garden Club of America from 2019 to 2023. Lewis is vice chair of the Town of Bedford Planning Board, and is a member of the Town of Bedford Open Space Acquisition Committee. She was a member of the board of Audubon New York for six years.