Awards and Projects

The Garden Club of America Annual Meeting Awards

• Flower Arranging, 3rd Place
• Nancy Dorr & Claudia Lane, 2006 – Denver
• Photography, 1st Place
• Mary Ann Pollard, 2005 – Kansas City

The Garden Club of America Zone Awards

Ann Lyon Crammond Award

• Erica Granchelek, 2008
• Mary Ann Grumman, 2008
• Coni Lyman, 2002
• Nancy Dorr, 1998

Barbara Spaulding Cramer Award for Flower Arranging Education

• Virginia M. Noyes, 1996

Corning Medal

• Elise Felton, 1986 and 1987

Dorothea Wallace Medal

• Virginia M. Noyes and Elizabeth R. Schroeder, 1980
• Claudia Lane and Elizabeth R. Schroeder, 1998

Fenwick Medal

• Joan M. Porter, 1988
• Elizabeth R. Schroeder, 1988
• Nancy Dorr, 2004
• Claudia Lane, 2004

Marion Thompson Fuller Brown Conservation Award

• The Garden Club of Evanston, Judith Ferguson, 1995

The Garden Club of America Zone Judging Award

• Virginia M. Noyes, 2010

The Garden Club of America Best in Show, Flower Arranging, Show of Summer

• Nancy Dorr, 2004
• Claudia Lane, 2004

The Garden Club of America Novice Award in Flower Arranging, Show of Summer

• Jennifer O’Shaughnessy, 2008
• Melissa Clary, 2008

The Garden Club of America Best in Show, Horticulture, Show of Summer

• Victoria Wagner, 2002, 2004

The Garden Club of America Awards for Horticulture, Show of Summer

• Sue Carlson 2008,
• Vickie Wagner 2008

The Garden Club of America Novice Award in Horticulture, Show of Summer

• Sue Carlson, 2008

The Garden Club of America Best in Show, Photography, Show of Summer

• Mary Ann Grumman, 2008

Garden Club of America Awards for Photography, Show of Summer

• Nancy Dickie, 2008
• Erica Granchalek, 2008
• Mary Ann Grumman, 2008
• Marilyn Sward, 2008

The Garden Club of America Awards for Flower Arranging, Show of Summer-Club Challenge

• First Place: Claudia Lane, Pam Elesh, Ann Bartling, Marti Lannert, Coni Lyman, Ginny Noyes, and Barbara Putta – 2008

The Garden Club of America Judge’s Commendation for Flower Arranging Schedule

• The Garden Club of Evanston, Virginia M. Noyes, 1995

The Garden Club of America Judge’s Commendation for Horticulture Classes

• The Garden Club of Evanston, Victoria Wagner, 1995

The Garden Club of America Zone XI Marilyn Sward Photography Award

• Nancy Dickie, 2009

The Garden Club of America Zone XI Judging Award

• Ginny Noyes, 2010

The Garden Club of America Zone XI Creative Leadership Award

• Elizabeth R. Schroeder, 1998

The Garden Club of America Zone XI Historic Preservation Certificate of Acknowledgment to a Non-Member

• Donald Terras, Director of the Lighthouse Park District and Grosse Pointe Lighthouse, 2002

The Garden Club of America Zone XI Horticulture Award

• Gary Owen, 1976
• Elise Felton, 1990
• Victoria Wagner, 2006

The Garden Club of America Best in Show, Flower Arranging, Zone XI Meeting

• Brigitte Anderson, 1994
• Terry Staples, 1994
• Prudence Burke, 2004
• Pamela Elesh, 2004

The Garden Club of America Club Awards

The Garden Club of America Medal of Appreciation

• Mary Nahser, 2004
• Teiko Jordan, 2007

The Garden Club of America Certificate of Appreciation

• Alex Piper, 2010
• Margo Brown, 2009
• Teiko Jordan 2007
• Nancy Dorr, 2004
• Reed Hagee, 2003
• Nancy Dorr, 2002
• Virginia M. Noyes, 2001
• Mary Ann Pollard, 1999
• Ellen Newcomer, 1998
• Mary K. Nahser, 1996

The Garden Club of America Certificate of Excellence in Conservation

• Reed Hagee 2010
• Erica Granchalek, 2008
• Mary Ann Grumman, 2008
• Nancy Dorr, 1998
• Coni Lyman, 2002

The Garden Club of America Certificate of Excellence in Horticulture

• Elise Felton: 1982, ’83, ’85, ’86, ’87, and ‘89
• Victoria Wagner, 2000

The Garden Club of America Horticulture Achievement Certificate

• Bess Kelly, 1969
• Mrs. Warren Buckley, 1969
• Jean Haas, 1976
• Elise Felton, 1985
• Victoria Wagner, 2000

The Garden Club of America Conservation Committee Achievement Certificate

• Eleanor Boynton, 1982
• Pam Elesh, 1998

The Garden Club of America Club Conservation Certificate

• Joan Jenkins, 2005

The Garden Club of America Certificate of Civic Improvement

• Pam Elesh, 2005, 2007
• Colleen Houlahan, 2005

The Garden Club of America Conservation Committee Historic Preservation Certificate

• Elizabeth R. Schroeder, 1989
• Mary Ann Grumman, 2007

The Garden Club of America Club Civic Improvement Commendation to a Non-Member

• Eleanor M. Revelle, 2010

The Garden Club of Evanston Club Awards

The Garden Club of Evanston Medal of Appreciation

• Ruth Connor, 2005

The Garden Club of Evanston Medal of Merit-Education

• Ginny Noyes, 2007

The Garden Club of Evanston Certificate of Appreciation for Civic Projects

• Susan Heiberger, 1997
• Judith Ferguson, 1998
• Janna Caldarelli, 1999

The Garden Club of Evanston Certificate of Appreciation

• Reed Hagee, 2010
• Trish Barr, 2010
• Sue Carlson, 2009
• Sally Dumas, 2008
• Erica Granchelek, 2008
• Marilyn Sward, 2008
• Sally Dumas, 2008
• Kathy Hardgrove 2007
• Sue Durburg 2007
• Meta Dalton, 2006
• Pat Graham, 2006
• Terri Hummel, 2006
• Kathy Riley, 2006
• Olga Balch, 2005
• Ann Zielglemaier, 2005

The Garden Club of Evanston Certificate of Appreciation for a Non-member

• Thomas M. McMahon, 2010

American Horticultural Society

American Horticultural Society Citation, Show of Summer Challenge Garden

• The Garden Club of Evanston: 1981, ‘84, ‘86, ‘88, ‘90, and ‘92

Chicago Horticultural Society

Chicago Horticultural Society Medal

• Elise Felton: 1981, ‘82, ‘84, ‘86, ‘87, and ’88 and ‘90

Chicago Flower and Garden Show

Chicago Flower & Garden Show Award of Excellence for Horticulture

• Victoria Wagner, 2005

Chicago Flower & Garden Show Best in Class, Horticulture

• Victoria Wagner, 2006

Chicago Flower & Garden Show Best in Class, Photography

• Mary Ann Grumman, 2006

Special Achievements

The Garden Club of America - Flower Arranging Judge

• Virginia M. Noyes, 1982

The Garden Club of America – Horticulture Judge

• Victoria Wagner, 1998

National Council of State Garden Clubs Life Master Judge

• Virginia M. Noyes, 1997

Master Gardener Certificates

• Holly Sunshine, 1993
• Victoria Wagner, 1995

• Mary Jo Crosby, 1996
• Jan Walsh, 1996
• Susan Heiberger, 1998
• Ellen Newcomer, 1998
• Mary Ann O’Meara, 1998
• Vicki Verity, 1998
• Paula Twilling, 2001
• Erica Granchalek, 2003

National Register of Historic Places

• Shakespeare Garden, 1988

Community Service Award from the Illinois Parks and Recreation Association and Illinois Park District

• Lighthouse Wildflower Trail Garden Volunteers, 1990