Laura Dillman receives the Conservation Tribute Award from
FGCCT President Sherry Sanelli
FGCCT President Sherry Sanelli
October 2006 Tribute Awards
On October 31 at the Annual Awards Meeting, Second Vice President Donna Nowak presented the following awards to outstanding members of our local clubs for their service to club, community and state:
Civic Development:
Civic duty has called this garden clubber to develop plantings at two post offices and the town volunteer park; to plant a tree at the fire department in honor of 9/11; to organize groups to pull invasive plants from the Mattabesset River, then re-plant the banks with appropriate plants; to work with the town manager to secure a permanent home where her club could work on their annual fund raiser to make wreaths and swags to sell at the Berlin Fair in October.
Bert Krystopik - Kensington Garden Club
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Laura Dillman receives the Conservation Tribute Award from FGCCT President Sherry Sanelli |
Conservation:
As an avid conservationist this garden clubber coordinates a Hazardous Waste Day Program with her town; serves as Conservation Chairman of her club; Founder and President of "Friends of the Farm at Hilltop"; she also has a soft spot for Bluebirds. In conjunction with Friends of the Farm at Hilltop and the CT DEP, she developed an extensive "Eastern Bluebird Nest Box" Program on the grounds of the Farm.
Laura Dillman - Suffield Garden Club
Design:
Devotion to her club, Judges' Council, Flower Show School, Creative Arrangers of Connecticut and The Federation mark this person as a Master Judge. She lectures at various clubs, including her own, holds workshops and gives advice on containers, mechanics and even tablecloths.
Shirley Green - Garden Club of Madison
Garden Therapy:
Creating an exciting environment for the residents of Orange Health Center has been the focus of this garden clubber since 2001. Her innovative, monthly projects not only include seasonal and holiday decorations-always pre-cut and made easy for the residents to participate-but gardens and pots of flowers at the entrance of the facility.
Dorothy Zolla - Garden Club of Orange
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| Sheila Woodlock receives Horticulture Tribute Award from FGCCT President Sherry Sanelli |
Horticulture:
This person has inspired her club members to design, plant, and maintain Milford’s library garden. She spearheaded a fundraising project to enhance the “Greening of the Post Road”, a pathway through Milford.
Sheila Woodlock - Milford Garden Club
Landscape Design:
Attending the Landscape Design Study Program can be a life changing experience. After completing the first series offered by The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut this person was inspired to enroll in the Landscape Design degree program at UCONN. She is now an extremely successful landscape designer based in West Hartford. For the past five years her hard work has made Landscape Design Study Program a most successful venture.
The little plans Regina drew
Improved our gardens through and through.
Whenever she walks through a spaceIt soon becomes a better place.
It would be nice if for the heck of it,
Regina'd redesign Connecticut.
Regina Neal - Green Bay Tree Garden Club
Youth:
This garden club youth chairman conducted a series of four workshops – pumpkin art, wreath design, building a plant person and learning how to dry and press flowers. Armed with their newfound knowledge of flower pressing, the children made a Junior Exhibit, by using the flowers and moss to form a Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City. Named "Wizard of Oz," the exhibit earned blue ribbons at the club flower show and the CT Flower and Garden Show.
Carol Dornbush - The Simsbury Garden Club
All-Around:
What an all-around person, serving her community and garden club by working on the Westport Beautification Committee, the Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival and chairing her club's maintenance work at the Atrium Wildflower Garden at Earthplace in Westport. Even while she wrote a monthly Horticulture column for the club newsletter, she served on the Plant Sale Committee. Overlapping some of this work were her garden therapy programs at Westport Health Care Center. Last but not least, she was also exhibiting design and horticulture at many flower shows-and winning many Blue Ribbons.
Wynn Hermann - Greens Farms Garden Club