GCA and Nantucket Garden Club Awards
GCA NATIONAL AWARDS
Katherine Thomas Cary Medal
1996 Sally Nash
GCA ZONE AWARDS
Zone Creative Leadership Award
1982 Jean MacAusland*
2001 Pam Halsted*
Zone Conservation Award
1991 Willa Embry*
1993 Mary Margaret Holmes
1996 Margaret Berkheimer*
2010 Dr. Sarah Oktay
Zone Horticulture Award
1988 Mary Margaret Holmes
2004 Susan Ward*
Barbara Spaulding Cramer Zone Floral Design Education Award
1988 Sally Nash
Zone Flower Arranging Award
1999 Elizabeth Webb*
2005 Gretchen Riley
Dorothy Wheatland Horticulture Award
2011 Mary Malavase
Neil Schwartz Mentoring Award
2005 Sally Walsh
GCA CLUB AWARDS
Medal of Merit
1999 Helene Whitehead*
2011 Barbara Medaugh
2015 Mary Malavase
2016 Sandy Taylor*
2023 Paulette Boling
GCA Club Appreciation Award
2005 Elizabeth Murray*
2007 Gretchen Riley
2011 Leslie Baldwin
2012 Kathy Cruice
2015 Mary Malavase
2016 Sandy Taylor*
2019 Dorrie Hopper
2021 Nancy Serafini
2023 Mary Ellen Ferrel
2023 Merrielou Symes
GCA Club Floral Design Achievement Award
1996 Teenie Wilcox*
1999 Elizabeth Webb*
1998 Mariann Appley
2004 Ann Maury
GCA Club Horticulture Award
1992 Ada Strasenburgh*
1996 Alice Erickson*
1990 Lucy A. Leske
2000 Sally Orr
2003 Susan Ward*
2012 Mary Gambee*
2014 Eva Marie Tausig
GCA Club Photography Award
2022 Mary Jo Beck
GCA Club Conservation Award
1996 Linda Holland
2006 Kathy Cruice
GCA Club Historic Preservation Award
2008 Caroline Ellis
NANTUCKET GARDEN CLUB AWARDS
Budding Star Award
2008 Carol Barrett*
2009 Pat McGill
2010 Mary Brown
2011 Heidi Drew
2012 Mary Ellen Ferrel
2013 Gail McRobie
2014 Mary Ann Wasik
2015 Amy Dilatush
2016 Connie Cigarran
2017 Bonnie Ford
2018 Robin Youngman
2019 Marcia Richards
2021 Sarah Ann Miller
2022 Marianna Brewster
2023 Debbie Carter
2024 Lynn Boyajian
Worker Bee Award
2008 Ginny Chambers
2009 Pam Battison
2010 Monica Campanella
2011 Beverly Barlow
2012 Barbara Charlton*
2013 Lois Druckemiller
2014 Merrielou Symes
2015 Janet Lindgren
2016 Barbara Nowak
2017 Bee Gonnella
2018 Vicki Livingstone
2019 DeeDee McCarthy
2021 Mary Ellen Ferrel
2022 Peg Condon
2023 Heidi Drew
2024 Robin Youngman
Ruth Lerrigo Parker Award
2008 Joan Barnes*
2009 Winnie and Chris Mortenson
2010 Dottie Gennaro
2011 Kate Hemingway
2012 Paulette Boling
2013 Mary Brown
2014 Heidi Drew
2015 Donna Hamel
2016 Sally Nash
2017 Sally Orr
2018 Marty McGowan and Pumpkin Pond Farm
2019 Maryann Wasik
2021 Beverly Barlow
2022 Sandy Taylor*
2023 Sarah Ann Miller
2024 Caroline Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. William Macomber Conservation Award
2008 Lucy Leske
2009 Linda Loring*
2010 Nancy Sevrens*
2012 Sustainable Nantucket
2013 Nantucket Shellfish Association
2014 Tom Larrabee*
2015 Bill Connell, The Clean Team
2016 David Champoux
2017 The Slosek Family of Moors End Farm
2018 Jim Lentowski*
2019 Lucile Hays
2022 Nantucket Land Bank
2023 Emily Molden
2024 Kathrina Marques, NHA Landscape and Grounds Manager
Lucile R. Ralston Award
2008 Leslie Baldwin
2009 Barbara Medaugh
2010 Mary Gambee*
2011 Carol Barrett*
2012 Victoria Livingstone
2013 Barbara Jones*
2014 Kathleen Poole
2015 Susan Balling
2016 Marie Sussek
2017 Mary Jo Beck
2018 Mary Malavase
2019 Christine Dean
2021 Caroline Ellis
2022 Lynn Boyajian and Maryann Wasik
2023 Pat McGill
2024 Merrielou Symes
Creative Leadership Award
2016 Ann Balas
2017 Paulette Boling
2018 Pat McGill
2019 Barb Jones*
2021 Maryann Wasik
2023 Christine Dean
2024 Peg Condon
Special Recognition for Service to the Club
2013 Greg and Judi Hill
2013 Grace Noyes*
2013 Jill Sandole
2013 Bartlett Farm
2014 Sharon Lorenzo
2014 The Nantucket Antheneum
2015 Roberta and Gary Hamblin
2015 Mark Budaj
2017 Winnie Mortenson
2017 Brenda Noll
2017 Pam Battiston
2017 Nancy Sevrens*
2018 Jane Murkland
2018 Mary Gambee*
2018 Katrina Hancock
2018 Barbara Medaugh
2018 Donna Hamel
2019 U.S. Coast Guard Station Brant Point and Master Chief Chris Swiatek
2021 Diane Karper
2022 Paulette Boling
2022 Barbara Medaugh
2023 Anna Caspersen
2023 Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm
2023 Dan Driscoll
2024 Sharon Lorenzo
2024 Mary Jo Beck
2024 Vicki Livingstone
2024 Nantucket Island Department of Public Works
Susan Burke Native Plant Award
2019 Paulette Boling
2022 Peter W. Dunwiddie
2022 M.J. Levy Dickson
2023 Kelley Omand
2024 Barb Kaytes
The Sandy Taylor Award
2024 Gretchen Riley
GCA 45 Years of Service Certificate
2024 Eva-Maria Tausig
GCA 40 Years of Service Certificate
2023 Dorothy Bartlett
GCA 35 Years of Service Certificate
2024 Mary Malavase
2023 Sharon Lorenzo and Sandy Taylor*
GCA 30 Years of Service Certificate
2020 Caroline Ellis
2020 Ann Maury
2021 Barbara Bispham
2021 Lynn Knutson
2022 Betsy Grubbs
2023 Susan Burke
GCA 25 Years of Service Certificate
2019 Diane Frame
2020 Ann Balas
2020 Betty Jacobsen
2020 Barbara Nowak
2020 Marie Sussek
2021 Ginny Chambers
2021 Daryl Westbrook
2021 Sandra Velds
2022 Mary Jo Beck
2022 Bridget Hubbard
2022 Barbara McDonald
2022 Jane Murkland
2022 Martha Perry
*Deceased