
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
AWARDS DEADLINE DATES
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April 15th: FGCV Awards (click here to access information)
Awards are to be sent to Jo Fretz (dfretz39@gmail.com).
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August 15th: NEGC Awards (click here to access information)
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January 10th: NGC Awards (click here to access information)
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SCHOLARSHIPS DEADLINE DATES

February 1st: Federation Garden Clubs of Vermont (FGCV) Academic Scholarship (click here to access information)
This is a $1000 award. Send application to state scholarship chair Carol Kress (cjkress77@gmail.com) by deadline date of February 1, 2024.
March 1, 2024: National Garden Club (NGC) Scholarship - This is a $4000 award. Send application to state scholarship chair - Carol Kress (cjkress77@gmail.com) by February 1. She will submit to NGC by March 1st deadline.
NGC Scholarship Application (click here to access information)
NGC Smokey the Bear/ Woodsy Owl poster Contest (click here to find out more information)
Please pass on this information to your local schools as a great way for teachers to integrate their fire prevention curriculum with the art curriculum.
Katherine Wessel, 2023 Scholarship Award Recipient
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2023 FGCV AWARDS
Presented at the June 2023 FGCV Annual Meeting
Two National Awards were presented at the National Garden Club Meeting
June 2023 - Greenbriar, West Virginia
Garden Therapy - Burlington Garden Club
Community Enhancement - Burlington Garden Club
FGCV Awards
Yearbook Award: Arlington (H), Burlington (A), Green Mountain Gardeners (H), Mountain Gardeners (A), Garden Club of Manchester (A), Springfield (A)
Newsletter Award: Mountain Gardeners (A), Springfield (A)
Civic Beautification: Green Mountain Gardeners (A), Mountain Gardeners (H)
Gardens: Garden Club of Manchester (A)
Window Boxes and Gardens: Green Mountain Gardeners (A), Rutland (A)
Youth: Burlington (A)
Conservation: Mountain Gardeners (A)
Environmental Education:
Club Programs: Springfield (A)
Public Meeting: Springfield (A)
Roadside Development: Burlington
Individual within the club their own garden: Springfield (A)
Best ongoing project that has merit: Mountain Gardeners (H), Rutland
Sponsoring Individual groups other than garden clubs: Arlington (H), Mountain Gardeners (H), Springfield (A)
Projects of Merit: Burlington (A), Garden Club of Manchester (H)
Pamela C. Hebert Award for Historical Preservation: Arlington
Vermont Judges Council: Arlington
FGCV College Scholarship: Catherine Wessel
Golden Trowel Award: Arlington - Joanna Taylor, Pat Rauch, Barbara Travors, Pat Williams; Four Seasons - Emily Tocci; Granite Center Garden Club - Renee Hotaling; Green Mountain Gardeners - Betsy Johnson; Garden Club of Manchester - Beth Alden, Lisa Wolp; Mountain Gardeners - Judy Reed, Wendy McDonough; Rutland: Valerie Cleary, Mary Wasserman; Springfield - David King
Landscape for a Business: Burlington, Manchester, Springfield
Garden Therapy: Burlington
Ruth Dodge Flower Show Education Award: Arlington
Joan Merriam Williams Flower Show Schedule Award: Arlington
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THREE (3) NEW FGCV LIFE MEMBERS
Barbara Greenwood - Middlebury Garden Club
Andrea Landsberg - Middlebury Garden Club
Suzanne C. Stone - Granite Center Garden Club
