1999 American Nursery & Landscape Association Hall of Fame Award.

1999 Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association Pioneer Award to Bruce and Doris Briggs Nursery Inc.

President, International Plant Propagators' Society, 1972; Washington State Nursery Association, Rainier Chapter.

Governor, American Association of Nurserymen/Washington State, 1965-66.

Board member, Future Farmers of America, Horticultural Research Institute, Rhododendron Species Foundation, National Germplasm for Ornamentals, University of Washington Arboretum, Washington State Nursery Foundation. Gold Veitch Memorial Medal, Royal Horticultural Society, 1998.

Jack Dawson Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1995.

Gold Medal of the American Rhododendron Society, 1993.

IPPS International Award of Honor, 1992.

Lifetime honorary member, IPPS Western Region, 1990, Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association, 1986.

Distinguished Service Award of the Western Washington Horticultural Association, 1988.

Citizen of the Year, Thurston County Kiwanis, 1975.

Best Booster Award, Olympia High School Student Body, 1975.

Employer of the Year, Washington Association of School Administrators, 1985.

Briggs established a Bruce A. Briggs Research Grant Fund for the Horticultural Research Institute with a grant of $30,000 toward a pledge of $50,000. He holds memberships in 24 professional societies and organizations.