GCA OGC Awards
GCA NATIONAL AWARDS
Bonnylin Woods Martin Medal
Gail Emmons 2002
Montine McDaniel Freeman Medal
Honorable Mention, Manzanita ‘Howard McMinn’, 2015
Honorable Mention, Aristolochia californica 2018
Founder’s Fund Award
Runner-up for Heather Farm Garden Center 1986 and 1987, (OGC)
Special Citation
Ruth Bancroft 2001 (OGC)
Gail Emmons 2002
Montine McDaniel Freeman Medal
Honorable Mention, Manzanita ‘Howard McMinn’, 2015
Honorable Mention, Aristolochia californica 2018
Founder’s Fund Award
Runner-up for Heather Farm Garden Center 1986 and 1987, (OGC)
Special Citation
Ruth Bancroft 2001 (OGC)
GCA Zone XII Awards
Barbara Spaulding Cramer Zone
Flower Arrangement Education Award Gail Emmons, 2006 Mary Drake Freer Award Gail Emmons 1996 Zone Creative Leadership Award Evie Cranston, 2010 Zone Flower Arrangement Award Gail Emmons, 1998 |
Zone Historic Preservation Award
Muir Shank, 1988 Zone Horticulture Award Toni Fauver, 1994 Zone Civic Improvement Award Joan Andrews and Diana Kennedy, 2014 Conservation Commendation Award (To a Non-Member) Sylvia McLaughlin, Save the Bay, 2014 |
GCA Club Awards
Medal Of Merit
Dorothy Lamb, 1984
Muir Shank, 1987 Maddy Borden, 1989 Beryl Plath, 1989 Maxine Johnson, 1991 Midge Batchelder, 1992 Bobbie Bellamy, 1993 Dee Seifert, 1994 Merlon Williamson, 1995 June Cunningham, 1996 Evie Cranston, 1997 Pat Connolly, 1999 |
Midge Zischke, 2001
Joan Andrews, 2002 Toni Fauver, 2003 Isa Mary Ziegler, 2004 Bev Bloodworth, 2005 Pat Winther, 2009 Joyce Nelson, 2008 Jenifer Brunk, 2009 Jean Rowe, 2010 Gina Field, 2011 Phoebe Kahl, 2015 Mary Read, 2018 |
Civic Improvement Award
Judy Cortese, 2008 Sylvia Carter, 2009 Joan Andrews, 2010 Diana Kennedy, 2013 Julie O’Melveny, 2015 Shari Bashin-Sullivan, 2015 Laurie Smith, 2018 Communications Achievement Award Deb Stephenson, 2019 Conservation Achievement Award Sand Denny, 1995 Kirsten Whitsett, 2017 Linda Thompson, 2017 Floral Design Achievement Award Gail Emmons, 1995, 1996 Phoebe Kahl, 2001 Diana Kennedy, 2004 Jean Schommer, 2006 Heather Dunne, 2007 Evie Cranston, 2008 Mari Tischenko, 2009 |
Horticulture Achievement Award
Jackie Voigt, 2000 Isa Mary Zeigler, 2006 Diana Kennedy, 2009 Sue Ann Manners, 2009 Joyce Nelson, 2011 Kirsten Whitsett, 2013 Sue Anderson-Berger, 2017 Club Appreciation Award Muffy York, 2002 Sally Chapman, 2004 Sue Ann Manners, 2005 Helen Richards, 2006 Jean Rowe, 2007 Dayna Taylor, 2008 June Cunningham, 2009 Betsy Bingham/Jackie Voigt, 2010 Dona Snow/Carole Wolfman, 2011 Cathleen Sodos/Jane Wiser, 2013 Janet Riley, 2017 Chris Stoneberg, 2018 Bobbie Wilson, 2019 |
Orinda Garden Club Awards
Dorothy C. Lamb Conservation Award
Lennie Roberts, 1997 Sandy Denny, 1998 Gina Field, 2004 Jane Ryan and M.J. Walburg, 2007 Toni deReynier Fauver Natural Heritage Award Midge Zischke, 2005 Joan Andrews, 2007, 2011 Carole Amstutz, 2009 |
Orinda Garden Club Special Award
DD Felton, 2009 Ruth Fortune, Bob Nelson, 2011 Diana Kennedy, 2012 A to Z (Andrews to Ziegler) Award Suanne Inman, 2014 |
GCA Flower Show Awards
FLORAL DESIGN
Best in Show Gail Emmons, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004 Jenifer Brunk and Evie Cranston, 2004 Betty Argabright and Heather Dunne, 2005 Gail Emmons and Margie Murphy, 2007 Heather Dunne, 2010 Sandra Baylor Novice Award Heather Dunne, 2004 Dorothy Vietor Munger Award Phoebe Kahl, 2000 Heather Dunne and Gina Field, 2004 Heather Dunne, 2009 Gail Emmons, 2009, 2010 Harriet de Waele Puckett Award Gail Emmons, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996 Jenifer Brunk and Evie Cranston, 2004 Betty Argabright and Heather Dunne, 2005 Heather Dunne, 2010 OGC Dee Seifert Floral Design Award Mari Tischenko, 2001 Phoebe Kahl, 2004 Sylvia Carter and Phoebe Kahl, 2007 Nancy Dickmeyer and Ruth Fortune, 2010 |
HORTICULTURE
Best in Show Joyce Nelson, 2004 Suanne Inman, 2014 Catherine Beattie Medal Isa Mary Zeigler, 2004 Claressa Willemsen Award Joyce Nelson, 2004,2010 Rosie Jones Award Janet Pease, 2010 GCA Novice Horticulture Award Karin Carroll, 2010 PHOTOGRAPHY Best in Show Marion Bottomley, 2004, 2007, 2009 Photography Creativity Award Yoni Mayeri, 2017 EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS Ann Lyon Crammond Award OGC “Open Book” Flower Show, 1996 OGC “Images of Orinda” Flower Show, 2004 OGC “In Concert” Flower Show, (Botanical Art Display), 2010 |
GCA JUDGING PROGRAM
Flower Arranging: Approved: Gail Emmons Phoebe Kahl Diana Kennedy Heather Dunne Emeritus: Sally Chapman Evie Cranston Horticulture: Approved: Suanne Inman Joyce Nelson Emeritus: Joan Andrews Isa Mary Ziegler Photography: Approved: Marion Bottomley Emeritus: Joan Andrews |
JUDGES’ COMMENDATION
OGC, “Open Book” Flower Show, 1996 OGC, “Images of Orinda,” (5 Awards), 2004 OGC, “In Concert,” (7 Awards), 2010 OGC, “In Translation” (3 Awards), 2014 |