News & Awards
2007 - 2008
On April 28, 2008 the New Vernon Garden Club held a standard flower show. The talented and accomplished committee responsible for the resounding success of this event was comprised of Chairperson Caron Menger, Co-chairs Jane Cronin and Carole Kurtz, and Design Chairperson Louise Thorpe. Open to the public and with 100% club participation, ingenuity and brilliance reigned the day.
The National Garden Club’s System of Awards was used.
Top awards went to:
- Carole Kurtz, 2 awards: Designer’s Choice Award and Award of Design Excellence
- Louise Thorpe, Award of Merit for Polypodiaseae, potted fern
- Barbara Wilkerson, Award of Merit and Horticultural Excellence for Tulip 'Monsella'
- Joan D’Alessandro, Designer's Choice, Design Excellence Award
- Denise Bridgens, Educational Award
Photographs of this show can be viewed on Mother’s Flower Power – A Standard Flower Show
2006 - 2007
*The New Vernon Garden Club was presented with the
Net Membership Increase Citation by National Garden Clubs, Incorporated.
*Our Yearbook, which included an impressive array of programs and workshops,
won Highest Rated Yearbook for a Large Size Club -
GCNJ Demarest Garden Club Yearbook Award with silver bowl,
and the Gold Seal Certificate of Merit for Excellence.
*Another lovely New Vernon native plant garden,
the Sarah D. Ortman Garden, won the GCNJ Jesse H. Hyson Award
and received the Garden Club of Mountain Lakes Silver Trophy for Wildflower Presentation.
*The New Vernon Garden Club won the Central Atlantic Region Violet S. Thoron Award
for a continuing project garden. This award was presented at the
Garden Club of New Jersey Fall Conference.
2005 - 2006
* Second Place Award from the Central Atlantic Region
for contributions to Memorial Park in New Vernon.
* Junior Gardeners received the Youth Gardeners’ Honor Roll Award.