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Awards

Flower Arranging

Award Application Procedure

The Garden Club of New Jersey’s application format complies with current NGC requirements and is to be used for all Garden Club of New Jersey Awards with the exception of the Flower Show Achievement Award, the Garden Club of the Year Award, the Publicity Press Book Award and the Perennial Bloom Award. The process has been streamlined.

  • CLICK HERE to access the Award Application Form
  • CLICK HERE to access the Perennial Bloom Rules and Application Form
  • CLICK HERE to access the Yearbook Scoring Sheet
  • CLICK HERE to access Officer Information

The PDF format allows you to complete the application on-line. Save the completed application on your computer, print a hard copy/copies and mail to the GCNJ Awards Chairman or Flower Show Evaluation Chairman as indicated below.

To give you an idea of what is considered an appropriate 3 page application for a GCNJ award, go to the NGC website at www.gardenclub.org, click “Awards” on the opening page and select “Awards Applications” on the dropdown menu. Then click on “Sample 3 Page Book of Evidence” for the NGC’s completed application. It may be used as a reference to help you in assembling your club’s application.

AWARDS DEADLINE DATES

Please note that the deadline for submission of 2020 GCNJ Awards applications has been extended to March 1, 2021. Please note that THREE copies of each submission is required. Please forward all submissions to Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Avenue, Bay Head, NJ 08742 by the March 1st deadline. Please call Peggy on 732-330-3636 or e-mail her at peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com with any questions.

NGC Awards Year: January 1 – December 31
GCNJ Awards Year: February 1 – January 31

PERENNIAL BLOOM AWARD:

Clubs submit to their District Directors, July 1;
District Directors submit to state by August 1

Mail to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742

YEARBOOKS:

Due Date: October 31, 2020

Mail 4 copies to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742
These copies are disseminated as follows: 1) Evaluation 2) District Director 3) State President 4) If merited, consideration for higher award

NATIONAL GARDEN CLUB AWARDS:

Due Date: November 15

Mail to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742

STANDARD FLOWER SHOW ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

Due Date: December 15

Send to:
State Flower Show Evaluation Chairman, Cecelia Millea, 422 Laurel Creek Blvd., Moorestown, NJ 08057 cmillea@msn.com

PUBLICITY PRESS BOOK:

Due Date: January 25

Mail to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742

GCNJ AWARDS including Youth Awards and American Horticulture Society Award

Due Date: February 15

Mail to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742

Please Note:
Applications for NGC Awards are made through the GCNJ Awards Co-Chairmen.
Those applications will be forwarded to the NGC Awards Chairman.

Peggy Morrissey, GCNJ Awards Chair

email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com

ALL AWARDS PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING ARE LISTED IN THE NEWSLEAF
2019 FALL EDITION WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE GCNJ WEBSITE CLICK HERE.
Select this link to access the GCNJ Awards Booklet

FROM THE AWARDS DESK

Many congratulations to the following garden clubs, recipients of the 2019-20 GCNJ Awards. Each project and accomplishment recognized were unique, creative and of immeasurable value to their club’s members and communities. Special thanks to the Awards Committee whose dedication to reviewing and determining the award recipients in this very unique award cycle ( to say the least) is incredibly important and appreciated. Award certificates and checks, where appropriate, will be forwarded to club presidents over the next few weeks.

The Garden Club of NewJersey has much to celebrate and be proud of!! Many kudos to all!!👏 👏

Award Name

Club Recipient

The Garden Club of New Jersey Continuing Project Award
The Garden Club of Long Valley
Helen Hull Silver Bowl
The Garden Club of Fair Haven for National Garden Club Specialty Flower Show “Plant America”
Mrs. David L. George Trophy
Garden Club of Fair Haven for the finest Judged Flower Show, “Plant America”
Elizabeth Hood Silver Trophy.
Garden Club of Essex Fells
Designers Choice Award in a Standard Flower Show.
Carmela Shipley, Neshanic Garden Club “90 Years of Gardening”
Myra Brooks Memorial Trophy
Carmela Shipley, Neshanic Garden Club “90 Years of Gardening”
The Hazel Bowen Sternat Civic Beautification Trophy
Moorestown Garden Club
Pinelands Garden Club Civic Beautification Trophy
Belvidere Garden Club
The Myra Brooks Garden Therapy Trophy
Garden Club of Essex Fells
Smoke Rise Garden Club Garden. Garden Therapy Trophy
Belvidere Garden Club
The Lenore Pletcher Trophy
Cecelia Millea, Moorestown Garden Club
The Dorothy M. Schick Trophy.
Neshanic Garden Club
The Marguerite & Vincent T. Mulligan Garden Therapy Award
Garden Club of Essex Fells
The Amelia Stewart Perpetual Trophy
Mary Warshauer, Garden Club of Fair
The Violet M. Bennett Environmental Trophy
Seaweeders Garden Club of Bay Head & Mantoloking
Wyckoff Garden Club Trophy
Terra Nova Garden Club
East Orange Trophy
Garden Club of Essex Fells
Lillian C. Koelsch Trophy
Garden Club of Long Valley
Glenn Ferrari Memorial Trophy
Diane Reinhardt, Neshanic Garden Club
Basking Ridge Garden Club Trophy.
Haddonfield Garden Club
Panther Valley Garden Club Trophy
Seaweeders Garden Club of Bay Head & Mantoloking
Garden Club of New Jersey
Country Garden Club
The Holly Club of Sea Girt Trophy
Warren Garden Club
The Garden Club of RFD Trophy
Garden Club of Fair Haven
Moorestown Garden Club Trophy
Garden Club of Long Valley
Pines Lake Garden Club Trophy
Haddonfield Garden Club
Hanover Garden Club Trophy
The Neshanic Garden Club
Doris R. Galione Collector’s Showcase Trophy
Lara Mahbunani, Garden Club of Fair Haven
Patricia Grossi Petite Award Trophy
Debbie Gleason, Neshanic Garden Club
The Community Garden Club of Hunterdon County Silver Trophy
Warren Garden Club
The Woodbridge Garden Club Trophy
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island
GCNJ Special Award, Small Club
Country Garden Club
GCNJ Special Award, Medium Club
Navesink Garden Club
GCNJ Special Award, Large Club
Garden Club of Essex Fells
Demarest Garden Club Yearbook Award, Small Club
Belvidere Garden Club
Demarest Garden Club Yearbook Award, Medium Club
Bridgewater Garden Club
Demarest Garden Club Yearbook Award, Large Club
Garden Club of Spring Lake
The Edison Garden Club Trophy
Warren Garden Club
Bernardsville Garden Club Trophy
Garden Club of Spring Lake
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island Award
Seaweeders Garden Club of Bay Head & Mantoloking
Medford Lakes Garden Club Silver Trophy for a Native Garden
West Trenton Garden Club
The Jane S. R. Bersch Trophy
The Garden Club of Essex Fells
Ringwood Garden Club Trophy
Seaweeders Garden Club of Bay Head & Mantoloking
Green Thumb Garden Club of Cranford Publications Trophy
The Garden Club of Essex Fells
The Garden Club of Westfield
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island
Dr. Bernard Pollack Trophy
Nayleen Scherer, Neshanic Garden ClubAges 6-7
Doris Bryan Educational Exhibit Trophy
Barbara Devitt, Janet Gibson Neshanic Garden Club
Youth Leads the Way
Karen Nash Butterfly Gardeners of Memorial School
Youth Leads the Way
Fairways Garden Club of Lakewood
Youth Leads the Way
New Vernon Garden Club
GCNJ Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl Poster Contest
Arian Sherry, Grade 1, Terra Nova Garden Club
GCNJ SmokeyBear/Woodsy Owl Poster Contest
Madison Patalsno, Grade 2, Terra Nova Garden Club
GCNJ Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl Poster Contest
Emily White, Grade 3, Karen Nash Memorial Butterfly Garden Club
GCNJ Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl Poster Contest
Lucia Junkroft, Grade 4, Rahway Garden Club
GCNJ Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl Poster Contest
Annika Sherry, Grade 5, Terra Nova Garden Club
National Garden Clubs Inc. GCNJ High School Contest winner
Rachel L. Dispoto, Fairways Garden Club of Lakewood
National Garden Clubs, Inc. Youth Poetry Contest
Quinn Baumiller, Grade 3, The Garden Club of Long Beach Island
National Garden Clubs, Inc. Youth Poetry Contest
Angelina Colavita, Grade 4, The Garden Club of Long Beach Island
National Garden Clubs, Inc. Youth Poetry Contest
Addison Slaven, Grade 5, The Garden Club of Long Beach Island
National Garden Clubs, Inc. Youth Poetry Contest
Jonathan Hughes, Grade 6, The Garden Club of Long Beach Island
Special Citation for Outstanding Achievement
Kay McCormack, for her many contributions over 69 years to the Terra Nova Garden Club and the Garden Club of New Jersey
Special Citation for outstanding Achievement
Stefanie Menack, Artist, Garden Club of Mountain Lakes, for her Yearbook Cover, “Four Seasons” mandela

CELEBRATING OUR GCNJ CLUB PROJECTS

Kudos to Country Garden Club for their involvement in the Holly Trail House Tour, an important Holiday Community event and fundraising activity in Hunterdon County for the past 50 years. The event raises funds for the Brightside Adult Day Care Facility. This year Country Garden Club, and all of its 18 members, volunteered to decorate a house on the tour. The challenge in decorating each home is that all decorations must be handmade. The Country Garden Club increased the challenge by using only recycled and/or plant-based materials. The home they decorated was an historical home built in 1760 and the decorating needed to be consistent with the age and history of the home.

It was a substantial undertaking for a club with 18 members, who made several hundred handmade ornaments that adorned Christmas trees, table centerpieces, window swags and mantles. Egg cartons were used to make beautiful centerpieces and recycled hangars were used to create the large snowflakes lining the gardens. In total five rooms were decorated. Club members also harvested greens from their own gardens to complement the handmade decorations. See the pictures attached to enjoy this lovely creation.

When I asked how such a small club could accomplish such an outstanding endeavor, President Michele Liana told me, “ Well, this was an important event in our community that raised monies for a very worthy cause. Sadly, this will be the last year that the County will host this tour and we wanted to be a part of this final tour.”

Again, congratulations to Country Garden Club and their members!!
Providing beauty, creatively presented and giving back to our communities are values for which the Garden Club of New Jersey proudly stands. This project clearly embodies all of these values!!

The Garden Club of New Jersey HQ

Garden Club of NJ Headquarters
Holly House – Rutgers University
126 Log Cabin Road
East Brunswick, NJ
Directions

Holly House Mailing Address:
126 Ryder’s Lane
East Brunswick, NJ 08816-1331
Office Telephone: (732) 249-0947
FAX: (732) 249-0947

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STATEMENT OF GCNJ POLICIES

The EMBLEM of The Garden Club of New Jersey may not be used or copied in any way; by any club, individual, or for any purpose other than official application by the Executive Board of GCNJ. The EMBLEM of The Garden Club of New Jersey shall be used only on awards, publications, programs, etc. authorized by the Executive Board of GCNJ.

The NAME of The Garden Club of New Jersey shall not be used to endorse a candidate for office, product, lecture, tour or organization except as ordered by the Executive Board of GCNJ. The list of Executive Board members, Garden Clubs, their officers and members is not available for distribution to others except by special vote of the Executive Board of GCNJ.

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