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New Mexico Garden Clubs, Inc.
South Central Regional Awards:
To be announced and presented at the 2016 Annual NMGC Fall Board
2015
National Garden Club Awards:
To be announced and presented at the 2016 Annual NMGC Fall Board
Awards Book
(Awards Year
January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015)
Awards presentation held
April 1, 2016
Alto, New Mexico
Suzy Andrego, President
Debra Sorrell, Awards Chair
MEMBER OF THE YEAR
Name placed on the New Mexico Garden Clubs, Inc., Plaque. And a “Member
of the Year” award presented by NMGC, Inc.
2015 Member of the Year
New Mexico Garden Clubs, Inc.
AWARDS DONATION
Dianna Doddridge
Person or Club Name: _______________________________
Amount Donated: $ __________________________________
One Year Donation or Two Year Donation
AWARD SPONSORING: _____________________________
She got bit by the Garden club bug when, three years ago, NM Garden Clubs District I’s
first Design club, “High Desert Design Club” formed. She has been at full speed and
unstoppable since then. One club was not enough for her. She had the Garden Club
bug really bad so, she joined several clubs. She is a very active member of each club
she belongs to. You will never hear her say “No” when asked to help with anything!
Shirley Tetreault, President of High Desert Design Club, says, “ She was determined to
master the art of flower designing and learn as much as possible, which she has done.
Her spirit and enthusiasm is amazing and a true breath of fresh air. She is an individual
that works hard and will do anything that is asked of her. She is a true garden club
member, a special friend and someone deserving of special recognition.”
Debra Sorrell, President of Uptown Garden Club says, “She is everything you would
want in a garden club member! She is ALWAYS there, ALWAYS participating,
ALWAYS learning and ALWAYS encouraging the others in our club. There is nothing
you could ask her to do that she would not, at least, attempt. She is a constant source of
encouragement to everyone around her because she wants other to enjoy this hobby as
much as she does. She is a really remarkable woman and an asset to New Mexico
Garden Clubs.”
If no specific award is sponsored, monies donated will be used for
the general awards fund to fund a variety of awards for the year donated.
Mail Donation to:
NMGC, Treasurer
Refer to your current term
state board and chairman list
Thank you for your support of NMGC Awards
DESIGN OF THE YEAR
1st place
“Flight of the Bumblebee”
Award sponsored by New Mexico Judges Council
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DONATIONS
Juanita Ortega
AND MONETARY AWARDS
Floral Designers Garden Club, Santa Fe, NM
1. Donors of awards will be listed in the “New Mexico
Gardener” &
Annual Awards Book
2. All donors' funds covering two years must be received by
the State Treasurer by February 1st
of the FIRST year of a NMGC, Inc., administration.
3. State Awards Chairman will solicit donations.
4. All award checks must be cashed within 90 days.
5. Any award money unused after two years will be retained
in a awards fund.
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR
Cash Award sponsored by Valley Gardeners Garden Club
In memory of John Hickerson
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
Valley Gardeners Garden Club
“The scope and breadth of the garden is amazing. There is a huge
diversity of genera and varieties and much is shared with the community. It is
also a water wise garden.
There is NO DOUBT this gardener deserves to be Horticulturist of the Year!”
Ellen Reed
Horticulture Chair
In addition, Bill is an avid dahlia grower. This passion brought him a new
friend in John Hickerson, who was considered one of our local dahlia experts.
John introduced Bill to showing dahlias and the garden club bug took it from
there.
MENTOR OF THE YEAR
Recipient is chosen by the standing NMGC President
2015 New Mexico Garden Clubs Award Sponsors
2015 Mentor of the Year
THANK YOU to the following people, for their
Mary Ann Moreno
support and contributions for awards.
This year’s New Mexico Garden Club’s Member of the Year is a very special
person to all of us.
Webster defines “Mentor” as: someone who teaches or gives help and advice to
a less experienced and often younger person.
This year’s recipient is all of that and more! I would be challenged to find
someone in New Mexico Garden Clubs who has NOT been mentored by her in
some way, shape or form. She is:
Smart
A very active NM Garden clubs member
Always willing to help out
Willing to be a part of anything garden club
Will learn a new subject just to teach and share it with others
Is an avid volunteer
Takes on any chairmanship that is in need
Sponsors many of the NGC schools for NM Garden Clubs
Is generous to a fault
Will always be young at heart
Is encouraging to all
Very involved with children
Makes us all step outside our own box
Is involved at the state, regional and national levels
Can talk almost anyone into any job! I have been known to say “She can
sell snow to Eskimos!”
She has been a personal mentor of mine for over 25 years. And, on
occasion, you might hear me call her “My Other Mother” for better or
worse.
I am extremely honored to award New Mexico Garden Clubs Mentor of the
Year to Mary Ann Moreno!
President Suzy Andrego
Suzy Andrego
Angel Fire Garden Club
Sue Ferguson
Becky Fuller
Cindy Hills
Colleen and Fred Hinker
Lequita Lett
Isabel Olsen
MaryAnn Moreno
Renate Reisel
Glen Reisel
Ellen Reed
Esther Russell
Sorrell Consulting, LLC
Debra Sorrell
Summit Garden Club
Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Sally Warner
New Mexico Smokey Bear-Woodsy Owl
Poster Contest Winner (cont.)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
AWARD: Silver Medallion, depicting the NMGC, Inc., Seal.
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3 Place – Aleah Cordova – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
4th Place – Taytum Beal – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Leandra Perry – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
HM – Makenna Marquez – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Levi Arreola – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Karen Sotelo – Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
HM – Kaelyn Fitch – Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
HM – Angelina Bonnie – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Amy Tetreault – High Desert Design Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Russell Deaton – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Paloma Hilton – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Elliot J. Hopkins – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Jonathan Salcido – Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
HM – Aurelio Gonzales – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
HM – Eunice Alice Varela – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
This award was begun in 1990 at the 41st State Convention. Twentythree Silver Medallions were a gift from Dr. Thomas Todson, and were
presented to members who had made special contributions to NMGC, Inc., in
the past.
Medallions for the continuation of this Special Achievement Award
from 1991 - 1999 were given by June Wood. One Gold Medallion (also donated
by Mrs. Wood) was presented at the 51st Anniversary Convention in the year
2000 to the member deemed to have done the most for NMGC, Inc., during the
years 1991 - 2000. The winner was chosen by a committee consisting of the
NMGC, Inc., President, 1st Vice President and the NMGC, Inc., Awards
Chairman.
This award continued from 2001 to 2010 through the generosity of Sue
Graves. One Silver Medallion will be awarded each year to a member who has
made special contributions to NMGC, Inc. Colleen Hinker has generously
continued the tradition of the Silver Medallion Award into the year 2020.
This Special Achievement Award is given at the Annual Convention. The
winner will be chosen by the NMGC, Inc., President.
The 2015 Silver Medallion Winner
Laurie Hixson
This year’s Silver Medallion recipient has not been a New Mexico Garden
Club member for years and years. She has only been in our organization for 6
years. Yet, you would never know that! She is just as active, dedicated and
passionate about New Mexico Garden Clubs as someone who has been deeply
involved for twenty-five years or more .
When she initially joined her garden club, it was not very active. She dove
in and helped to excite them becoming the club President soon after. After her
Presidency, she led the monumental effort of a garden installation at Bandelier
National Monument. She was then asked to be her district Treasurer. She
stepped up to the challenge and was instrumental in changing the District Scholarship Fund to include scholarships for members of the district to attend all
Silver Medallion Winner (cont.)
New Mexico Smokey Bear-Woodsy Owl
Poster Contest Winner (cont.)
National Garden Club schools offered by New Mexico Garden Clubs. When
asked, she graciously accepted the position as our state Treasurer.
As our newly elected state Treasurer, she worked tirelessly, side by side with
the finance committee, for 100+ hours putting our NMGC finances back in
balance. She kept NM Garden Clubs from losing our 501(c)3 status with the
IRS and has streamlined financial information for NMGC and all clubs and
districts.
4th grade:
1st Place – Katelyn Phelps – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
2nd Place – Luke Gonzales – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
3rd Place – Ivoree Velasquez – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
4th Place – Bella Lobaina – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
SCHOLARSHIP
New Mexico Garden Clubs, Inc. provides one scholarship of $2500 each
year to encourage the study of Botany, Horticulture, or related fields in a New
Mexico college/university. Approval for Scholarship to be given by the District
Directors, Scholarship Chairman, and President of NMGC, Inc.
2015 Scholarship Recipient
Caroline Elizabeth Allen of Socorro, NM
HM - Micah Santiago – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Victoria Tafoya – Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
HM – Maliya Morrison – Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
HM – Alexandria Buelow – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Samantha George – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
HM – Abbie Gatsch - Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
Caroline is a junior, studying to earn her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental
Engineering.at New Mexico Tech. She is currently the top undergraduate
HM – Javier Salcido – Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
student in that department with a GPA of 3.72. She was selected to participate
in an independent directed research project studying air quality and climate.
She is one of two students chosen to continue that research with a summer
HM – Sydle Davidson – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
internship at Los Alamos National Labs. In addition to carrying a full course
load and a research project, Caroline works as a residential advisor with
responsibilities for 26 students.
5th grade:
1 Place – Gabriela Sanchez – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
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2nd Place – Kaisa-Tinuviel Baca – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
.YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Youth must be involved (up to 18 years of age).
1st Place
STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
This serves as an evaluative overview for your Club's program year.
Program Year is January 1st through December 31st, annually
$25.00 Cash Award sponsored by Esther Russell
Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
For work with the Ponderosa Pines Jr. Garden Club
2015 TOP POINT EARNER
Cash award sponsored by Becky Fuller
Uptown Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
Total Points Earned: 1110
Class I
New Mexico Smokey Bear-Woodsy Owl
Poster Contest Winners
Cash awards sponsored by Esther Russell, Angel Fire Garden Club
and MaryAnn Moreno
1st grade:
1st Place – Sylus Storey – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
2nd Place – Madison Scales – Valley GardenerrsGarden Club
Albuquerque, NM
3rd Place – Kyra Rubio – Valley GardenersGarden Club
Albuquerque, NM
Petal Pushers Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM -Total Points Earned: 405
Floral Designers Garden Club, Santa Fe, NM—Total Points earned: 400
Santa Rosa Garden Club, Santa Rosa, NM—Total Points Earned: 295
Artesia Garden Club, Artesia, NM—Total Points Earned: 70
Class II
Valley Gardeners Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM—Total Points Earned: 575
High Desert Design Club, Albuquerque, NM—Total Points Earned: 570
Home Garden Club, Roswell, NM—Total Points Earned: 565
Morning Garden Club, Roswell, NM – Total Points Earned: 435
Mesilla Valley Garden Club, Las Cruces, NM—Total Points Earned: 345
Summit Garden Club, Los Alamos, NM—Total Points Earned: 330
2nd grade:
1st Place – Jose Gallegos – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
2nd Place – Jacqueline Des Champs – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
Class III
Uptown Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM—Total Points Earned: 1110
Los Alamos Garden Club, Los Alamos, NM - Total Points Earned: 435
3rd grade:
1st Place – David Lucero – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
2nd Place – Angelina Silva – Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
3rd Place – Sophia Green – Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
Class IV
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire, NM—Total Points Earned:280
BEGINNING DESIGNER
1st place
Cash Award sponsored by Cindy Hills
Diane Peterson
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire NM
YEARBOOKS (cont.)
Honorable Mention
Home Garden Club
Roswell, NM
Summit Garden Club
Los Alamos, NM
High Desert Design Club
Albuquerque, NM
2nd Place
Jo Ann Layden
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire NM
3rd Place
Linda S. Hughes
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire, NM
Class III
1st Place
Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
BIRDS
Class IV
A: Club
No entries
1st Place
B: Individual
1st Place
Cash Award sponsored by Lequita Lett
Shirley M. Bray
Petal Pushers Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
2nd Place
Nancy Nunnelley
Summit Garden Club, Los Alamos, NM
3rd Place
Joan Higgs
Petal Pushers Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
Uptown Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
2nd Place
Lincoln County Garden Club
Ruidoso, NM
YEARBOOKS
The Pat Edmonds Memorial Yearbook Award
Cash Award sponsored by Summit Garden Club
Angel Fire Garden Club
BUTTERFLY GARDENING IN NEW MEXICO
A: Clubs
1st Place
Cash Award sponsored by Renate Reisel
Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire ,NM
Class I
1st Place
B: Individual
No entries
El Jardin Encanto Garden Club
Las Lunas, NM
CERTIFICATE of COMMENDATION
2nd Place
Santa Rosa Garden Club
Santa Rosa, NM
3rd Place
Petal Pushers Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
NGC, Inc., 20 YEAR Certificate for Individuals who have been members of an
accredited garden club for 20 or more years.
Floral Designers Garden Club would like to honor each of these ladies who are
all charter members and have remained active in the club since it began in 1994.
Dorothy Crawford
Shelby Green
Doris Jackson
Maggie Rubino
Barbara Vance
Class II
1st Place
Sunshine Valley Garden Club
Truth or Consequences , NM
2nd Place
Mesilla Valley Garden Club
Las Cruces, NM
3rd Place
Morning Garden Club
Roswell, NM
CERTIFICATE FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT
For outstanding contributions to NMGC, Inc.
Floral Designers Garden Club
For maintaining 5 charter members continuously to the present—a total of 22
years each!
NMGC District III
For being the only district in the state to have a membership increase in every
club, including their youth club.
Angel Fire Garden Club
For producing all three beginning designers of the year.
CIVIC DEVELOPMENT
This award is for landscape projects in public areas.
Such areas include: schools, Civic buildings,
hospitals, shopping areas, cemeteries, roadsides, historic sites,
Enhancement of parks, trails, small pocket gardens, street plantings, etc.
Class II
1st Place
Cash Award sponsored by Glen Reisel
Cash Award sponsored by Sue Ferguson
Morning Garden Club
Roswell, NM
For work to restore a public garden in Cahoon Park
WATER CONSERVATION
Clubs
No Entries
Individuals
No Entries
WILD FLOWERS AND NATIVE PLANTS
Clubs
No Entries
Individual
No Entries
Class IV
1st Place
Cash Award sponsored by Glen Reisel
Cash Award sponsored by Sue Ferguson
Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
For work to help revamp a median strip entering Angel Fire into a pollinator
friendly garden
CLUB HISTORY
BEST CLUB HISTORY
Cash Award sponsored by Becky Fuller
Morning Garden Club
Roswell, NM
WORLD GARDENING
New Mexico Garden Clubs, Inc., encourages Club generosity for
charitable purposes, with emphasis on New Mexico charities and/or
garden related projects in foreign countries in which the Club has a contact
person.
District II
Los Alamos Garden Club—Global Partners Running Waters, Inc.; Penny
Pines; Heifer International; Los Alamos High School Environmental Club
(cash for birdbath towards their National Wildlife Federation Certification);
Los Alamos Public Schools Science Fair (Cash awards to elementary school
children with projects relating to plants/gardening)
Summit Garden Club—Heifer International
District V
Artesia Garden Club—Habitat for Humanity
Home Garden Club—Global Partners Running Waters, Inc.; Penny Pines
Lincoln County Garden Club - Mescalero Tunnel Garden
Morning Garden Club—Global Partners Running Waters, Inc.; Habitat for
Humanity
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (cont.)
2nd Place
“Bald Eagle at the Zoo”
Sue Wasson
CLUB HISTORY (cont.)
Class I
1st place
Santa Rosa Garden Club
Petal Pushers Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
Santa Rosa, NM
3rd Place
2nd place
“The Right Place and Time”
Page Steed
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire, NM
Petal Pushers Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
3rd place
Floral Designers Garden Club
4th Place
Santa Fe, NM
“Donkey at the End of the Rainbow”
4th Place
Sue Ferguson
Evergreen Garden Club
Morning Garden Club, Roswell, NM
Silver City, NM
Honorable Mention
Moriarty Garden Club
All of the 2015 Photographic prize winning entries can be seen in a photo
gallery on the NMGC website.
Moriarty , NM
Trailblazers Garden Club
Farmington (Aztec), NM
TREES
Class II
Cash Award sponsored by Isabel Olsen
1st Place
1st Place
Morning Garden Club
Roswell, NM
Morning Garden Club
Roswell, NM
2nd Place
Sunshine Valley Garden Club
Truth or Consequences, NM
CLUB HISTORY (cont.)
3rd Place
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (cont.)
LANDSCAPE SCENE
Home Garden Club
1st Place
Roswell, NM
“Wheeler Peak and the Moreno Valley”
4th Place
Michael Turri
High Desert Design Club
Albuquerque, NM
Honorable Mention
Mesilla Valley Garden Club
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire, NM
2nd Place
“Rocky Mountain Penstemons in the Sangre de Cristos”
Las Cruces, NM
J.J. Huddleston
Summit Garden Club
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire, NM
Los Alamos, NM
Class III
3rd Place
“Aspens in the Santa Fe National Forest”
1st Place
Juanita Ortega
Lincoln County Garden Club
Floral Designers Garden Club, Santa Fe, NM
Ruidoso, NM
4th Place
2nd Place
“Balloon Fiesta Dahlias”
Los Alamos Garden Club
Los Alamos, NM
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
Class IV
1st Place
Angel Fire Garden Club
Angel Fire, NM
2nd Place
Uptown Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
Valley Gardeners Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
WILDLIFE
1st Place
“Two Deer in the Bosque del Apache”
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
Valley Gardeners Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
DESIGN OF THE YEAR
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (cont.)
4th Place
“Garden Center at Salman Raspberry Ranch, La Cueva, New Mexico”
Johnese Turri
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire , NM
2nd Place
Joanne Case
High Desert Design Club, Albuquerque, NM
3rd Place
Dianna Doddridge
High Desert Design Club, Albuquerque, NM
INSECT
1st Place
“Bug on a Dandelion”
FLOWER SHOW SCHEDULES
Michael Turri
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire, NM
2nd place
Class I
1st Place
“Gardening With the Elements”
“Bee on a “Lucky” Rose”
Santa Rosa Garden Club
Juanita Ortega
Santa Rosa, NM
Floral Designers Garden Club, Santa Fe, NM
3rd Place
“Assassin Bug with a Bee”
Class II
1st Place
“Celebrate What’s Great!”
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
Home Garden Club and Morning Garden Club
Valley Gardeners Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
Roswell, NM
4th Place
“Dragonfly Resting Above Pool Water”
June Gandert
Uptown Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
3rd Place
Sunshine Valley Garden Club
Truth or Consequences, NM
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (cont.)
FOOD GARDENING
Individual Award
1st Place
Cash Award sponsored by Fred and Colleen Hinker
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
Valley Gardeners Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
2nd Place
Doris Thielemann
Summit Garden Club
Los Alamos, NM
Honorable Mention
Dianna Doddridge
High Desert Design Club
3rd Place
“Swallowtail and Molly”
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
Valley Gardeners Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
4th Place
“Swallowtail on Valerian”
Sue Wasson
Petal Pushers Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
HORTICULTURE SPECIMEN
1st Place
“Harvey Koop Dahlia”
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
GARDEN THERAPY
Club
No entries
Valley Gardeners Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
2nd Place
“High Desert Water Lily”
Eva Zhang
HERBS
Club
No entries
Individual
No Entries
Summit Garden Club, Los Alamos, NM
3rd Place
“’Marilyn Monroe ‘ Rose”
Juanita Ortega
Floral Designers Garden Club, Santa Fe, NM
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (cont.)
BIRD
1st Place
“Pygmy Nuthatch”
Page Steed
Angel Fire Garden Club, Angel Fire, NM
2nd Place
“Sandhill Cranes”
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
LITTER CONTROL AND RECYCLING
Club
Cash Award sponsored by Fred and Colleen Hinker
1st Place
Morning Garden Club
Roswell, NM
Individual
Cash Award sponsored by Fred and Colleen Hinker
1st Place
Dianna Doddridge
Uptown Garden Club
Albuquerque, NM
Valley Gardeners Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
3rd Place
“Morning Dove Mama and Baby”
Sue Wasson
Petal Pushers Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
BUTTERFLY
1st Place
“Butterfly Study”
Eva Zhang
Summit Garden Club, Los Alamos, NM
LONGEVITY AWARD
This award is for a Club project that has been maintained by members
for over 3 years. Most awards are for new projects. In contrast, this award
gives recognition for the patience and dedication it takes to continue a
program, or project, for many years.
Class II
1st Place
Cash Award sponsored by Becky Fuller
Home Garden Club
Roswell, NM
Gardener’s Market started in the early 1950’s
Class IV
2nd Place
1st Place
“Swallowtail on My Granddaughter's Head”
Cash Award sponsored by Becky Fuller
Pam Stern
Angel Fire Garden Club
Roswell, NM
Uptown Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
Annual Garden Tour started in 2002
MEMBERSHIP INCREASE
The Club gaining the most new members.
LARGEST MEMBERSHIP INCREASE FOR 2015
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF THE YEAR
2015 Winner
Cash Award sponsored by Angel Fire Garden Club
Trailblazers Garden Club
38% Membership Increase
“Harvey Koop Dahlia”
$50.00 Cash Award, Sponsored by Sally Warner
Hui-chien (Bill) Shen
Valley Gardeners Garden Club, Albuquerque, NM
Membership Increase Certificates Awarded
District I
El Jardin Encanto Garden Club with 15% membership increase
Valley Gardeners Garden Club with 7% membership increase
High Desert Design Club with 7% membership increase
District II
Los Alamos Garden Club with 16% membership increase
Floral Designers Garden Club with 9% membership increase
District III
Santa Rosa Garden Club with 20% increase
District IV
Sunshine Valley Garden Club with 15% membership increase.
Socorro Garden Club with 6% membership increase
Mesilla Valley Garden Club with 4% membership increase
District V
Morning Garden Club with 8% membership increase
Lincoln County Garden Club with 6% membership increase
This is a close up of dahlia "Harvey Koop". The flowing speckled veins and
twisting, curling florets remind me of Georgia O'Keeffe's works.
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RUNNER-UP
“Butterfly Study”
Eva Zhang
Summit Garden Club, Los Alamos, NM
MEMBER OF DISTINCTION CITATION (cont.)
MEMBER OF DISTINCTION CITATION
Doris Adams
Sunshine Valley Garden Club
Truth or Consequences, NM
Candidate must have been an active member of NMGC, Inc., for 14 years and
still be actively participating in Club activities.
Must have an outstanding reputation in the community
for garden club work.
Must have displayed leadership at Club level and/or above.
Doris Adams has been a member of the Sunshine Valley Garden Club
since September 2001, is a Life Member, and is extremely active in the Club
today. With her many years of gardening experience and expertise she
provides a wealth of information and suggestions for gardening in this
challenging environment of Truth or Consequences (TorC). She also
contributes horticultural tips at each meeting. She hosts Garden Tours at her
home with its beautiful, lush garden, where many garden club members attend
and take away wonderful ideas for their own gardens. She is always willing
to lend a helping hand with any garden activity.
Doris serves on the Board of Directors of the Geronimo Springs Museum
in TorC. She is in charge of the gardening there.
As one of the Club's continuing projects, Doris helps with watering,
planting and maintaining the three planters at the TorC Civic Center.
Since she has been a long-time resident of TorC, she has been involved in
many community projects and events and knows many of its residents. Being
so respected, she is able to tell many people about the Garden Club, and
thereby help to increase the Club's membership.
The kind words written about each of these candidates came directly from
their club or club president. Each member represented is a true asset to
NMGC, Inc.
Betsy Ross
Lincoln County Garden Club
Ruidoso, NM
Betsy is a unique and distinctive member of Garden Club because she has
been a member of Garden Clubs in Texas and New Mexico for 29 years! She
has served as president of El Paso Garden Club in Texas and chairperson of the
Flower Show. In Ruidoso, New Mexico, home of Lincoln County Garden
Club, Betsy works tirelessly in the library and hospital gardens during the
summer months, as well as participating in each meeting. As a true leader, she
shares ideas and activities of the two garden clubs, enriching both clubs.
As the sister of renowned local artist Delmas Howe, she provides the
flower arrangements at the Rio Bravo Art Gallery in TorC.
A write-up about her appeared in the "Know Your Neighbor" section of the
Sierra County Sentinel newspaper.
She has held the office of President of the Club from 2002-2008 and from
2012-2014, and is currently the Co-President. She has attended practically
every District IV Board meeting and State Convention since becoming a
member of the Club.
Our hats are off to Doris and feel she truly deserves this recognition. At 85
she is truly an inspiration to all of us.
LaNelle Witt
Morning Garden Club
Roswell, NM
LaNelle is nominated for this award for her hard work and dedication to her
Garden Club. She is always willing and tries to make herself available to any
and all works and services. She is Second Vice President this year and spent
many, many hours perfecting our year book. Her spirit and attitude is always
cheerful giving a boost to our club members.