1999 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Silver Award winner in national competition

1999 Bay Area Guardian Best of the Bay Award
for Best Place to Remember Someone Lost to AIDS

1998 Special Achievement Award
in Outstanding Leadership and Commitment to AIDS Awareness by the 10th Annual HIV/AIDS Update Conference

1997 Award by San Francisco Beautiful
recognizing the Grove’s contribution to the creation and preservation of beauty and traditions in San Francisco

1995 California Park and Recreation Society
Innovation Award of Excellence

1995 San Francisco Volunteer Center
Youth Recognition Award