2008 Master GardenerAwards of Excellence & Recognition

2007 Numbers

• 3,835 Active volunteers in 56 counties

• 425,445 hours donated• Value of $7,985,602.65• 808,802 client contacts• Reporting

– Hours– Contacts– Continued Training

Auction Results

$2,626.00!!!!!!!!These proceed go directly to

support the awards of excellence and service awards presented to MGs each year.

Thanks to Hillsborough County!!

Awards of Excellence Categories

BeautificationCounty Displays/Exhibits

County Master Gardener NewsletterDemonstration Garden

Educational Materials DevelopmentExtension AwarenessGeneral Achievement

Outstanding Master GardenerPersonal Communications

Service to 4-H and Other YouthSpecial Audiences

Written Mass Communications

Beautification

LeonOkaloosaSumter

County Display/ Exhibits

Palm BeachPolk

Santa Rosa

County Master Gardener Newsletter

CharlotteHighlands

Nature CoastOsceola

PolkSanta Rosa

Demonstration Garden

EscambiaNassau

PolkSt. JohnsSt. Lucie

Educational Materials Development

MartinPolk

Orange

Extension Awareness

LeonNature Coast

OkaloosaPolk

General Achievement

BradfordFlaglerMartin

Nature CoastOkaloosa

OsceolaPalm Beach

PolkSanta Rosa

Outstanding Master Gardener

HillsboroughMarionNassau

OkaloosaPolk

Santa Rosa

Jo Leyte-Vidal

Personal Communications

HillsboroughMartin

OkaloosaOrange

Robert L. Thomas

Service to 4-H and Other Youth

MartinNassau

PolkSanta Rosa

Special Audiences

HillsboroughPalm Beach

Hillsborough

Written Mass Communications

NassauOkaloosa

4-H Plant ID and JudgingTop Team Score

Leon

Individual ScoresKathy Carmichael

Native Plant Challenge Results

High ScoreEllie Kane - MartinPeggy Kane - Martin

Good Try ScoreMarjorie Chapin

10 Year Service RecognitionWilma Coffey – PinellasWalter Coley – HighlandsAnna Coley – HighlandsRuthann Grieshammer – HernandoWes Harris – HernandoJim King – LeonHenry Lamwers – HernandoMary Lamwers – Hernando

10 Year Service Recognition

Curt Mayer – CharlotteKay Pacecca – HernandoCindy Paulhus – HillsboroughSharon Pilot – HillsboroughAnna Polgar – Orange Shirley Puzey – HighlandsBarbara Schroeder – SumterJoanne Spurlino – Hillsborough

15 Year Service Recognition

John Sziber – Hernando

20 Year Service Recognition

Johanne Fleming – Santa RosaSally Menk – Santa RosaJoAnne Whale – Hillsborough

25 Year Service Recognition

Eleanor Flood – Putnam

2008 Master GardenerAwards of Excellence & Recognition

Deceased Master GardenersLou Ciecinski – Duval Paula Kraan – DuvalTom Merquelin – DuvalRegina Trudell – HernandoFlo King – HernandoRegina Trudell – Hernando Joan Kunkel – HillsboroughMartha Hall – HillsboroughWalter Hearn, Jr. - Indian RiverSusan Finch – LeeJohn Hulett – LeeKaye Cude – LeeSylvia Blue – LeeBill Brown – Leon

Chuck “Charles” White –Manatee

Alex Belisle – MartinEstelle Rogers – MartinLouise Rozario - MonroeRobert Weil – PinellasJoe Boehnlein – PutnamRicky DeCasto – PutnamRegina Imperato – St. LucieJoe Duignan “farmer Joe” – St.

LucieJoseph Prophete – St. LucieIvy May – SumterNancy Stuckman – Sumter

2008 Master GardenerAwards of Excellence & Recognition