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"Whether or not winter fully descends on New York this year, we can still count on the delights of spring, specifically the New York School of Interior Design&amp;#039;s Spring Benefit. This year&amp;#039;s dinner and awards ceremony will honor no less a legend than Jack Lenor Larsen with the Lifetime Achievement Award (co-chair Mario Buatta was last year&amp;#039;s recipient), and renowned landscape architect Thomas Woltz will receive the school&amp;#039;s inaugural Thomas N. Armstrong III Award in Landscape Design.   Larsen, who founded his eponymous firm in 1952, is one of the most innovative and influential textile designers in the industry, and is equally acclaimed as the creator and curator of LongHouse Reserve, his 16-acre home and public garden in the Hamptons.   Woltz\u2014featured in &amp;quot;Forward Thinking&amp;quot; in ELLE DECOR&amp;#039;s March issue\u2014is owner of the New York and Charlottesville\u2013based international firm Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and a proponent of restoration ecology combined with design excellence. The honor is a particularly poignant one for Woltz, since Armstrong, who passed away last June, was both an inspiration and friend. &amp;quot;He represented that ideal combination of fine art, fine architecture, and fine gardening that I have always strived to achieve,&amp;quot; says Woltz.   Patricia M. Sovern, chairman of the NYSID board of trustees, said of the choices: &amp;quot;Both men exemplify creative approaches to contemporary life. Both highlight the awareness of the textures of life, the importance of integrating nature and art, and the responsibility of stewardship of the land and our cultural heritage.&amp;quot;   New York School of Interior Design&amp;#039;s Spring Benefit, Metropolitan Pavilion, April 18. Tickets start at $500, 212-472-1500; mcheslak@nysid.edu "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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