AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

AWARDS DEADLINE DATES

April 15th: FGCV Awards (click here to access information)
Awards are to be sent to Jo Fretz (dfretz39@gmail.com).

August 15th: NEGC Awards (click here to access information)

January 10th: NGC Awards (click here to access information)

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

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

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