FEDERATED GARDEN CLUBS OF NEW YORK STATE
AWARDS PROGRAM

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The FGCNYS offers numerous awards to deserving garden clubs and individuals. For a complete listing of all awards and their requirements, please see the blue New York State Awards Manual revised in 2004. For National Garden Club awards, please go to their web site at nationalgardenclubs.org. For Central Atlantic Regional Awards, please go to their web site at gardencentral.org/car. For any information on awards, please contact the New York State Awards Chairman, Norma Dowd. Many of these awards must first go through the District Awards Chairman. That should be the first person you should contact who will give you the deadlines for application. Awards year goes from January 1 to December 31st.

STATE FLOWER SHOW AWARDS CHAIRMAN receives awards:
   27 Educational Exhibit
   32 Janet Bowers Memorial  – 1st show
   33 Flower Show 
   34 Flower Show 
   35 Home Show 
   36 Council Show 
   37 Patriotic Show 
   38 Holiday Show 
   39 District Show 
   40 Near Club Show
   41 Show staged in a Public Building
   42 Plant Society/Member Garden Club Show 
   43 Miniature/Small Mini Show
   44 Peg King Memorial Award- District with most shows
   45 Photography
   46 May Walton Flower Arranger of the Year – design award (rotates districts)
   47 Pauline Sherwood Petite Designer of the Year (rotates districts)
   48 Small Standard Flower Show
   49 Historic Show 
   56 Excellence in Horticulture – see blue book
   57 Lillian Arend Horticulturist of the Year – (rotates districts)
   88 Alfretta May Hale – Youth Flower Show
   89 Youth Flower Show

STATE MISCELLANEOUS CHAIRMAN receives awards:
    1 Awards of Excellence
    2 NYS Citation – outstanding project
    3 Special Achievement – advancing objectives of Federation
    4 Presidential Citations
    5 Eleanor Crosby Club Recognition – outstanding achievement on club recognition questionnaires
   11 Civic Concern
   12 Unsolicited – to other organizations or institutions
   13 Amy Lemaire Conservation – ongoing project at least two years
   14 Environmental Improvement – club project
   15 Conservation –educational and legislative activity
   16 Land Trust/Nature Conservancy- see fall National Gardener odd year
   17 Litter and Recycling – outstanding project
   18 World Gardening 
   19 National Garden Week
   26 Garden Information Center
   55 Alice Doscher Horticultural – outstanding achievement in science, literature or practice of horticulture.
   56 Hort Excellence Awards  - see blue book
   61 Edith Danziel Landscape – Club landscape project
   62 Promoting Landscape Design and/or Landscape Education
   64 Blue Star Memorial Highway
   76 Publications 
   77 Radio or TV Programs
   78 Written Slide or Video Club Program
   79 National Gardener Subscription – club with largest number of new and/or renewals
   86 Senior Club
   87 New York State Youth
   90 Arbor Day
   91 Youth Achievement
   92 Youth Community Service
   93 Youth Horticulture Achievement

STATE FLOWER SHOW SCHEDULE AWARDS CHAIRMAN receives award 
   31 Flower Show Schedule

STATE GARDEN THERAPY CHAIRMAN receives awards 
   51 Garden Therapy
   52 Garden Therapy Involvement

STATE MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN receives awards
   71 Increased membership
   72 Anniversary
   73 Individual Membership Recommendation
   74 Award of Honor
 
STATE PUBLICITY BOOK CHAIRMAN
   80 Publicity Press Book

STATE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRMAN
   28 Member Scholarships
   96 Youth Scholarships

STATE YEARBOOK CHAIRMAN
   81Yearbooks

STATE YOUTH CHAIRMAN
   94 Kay Healsley Silver Bowl for Youth 
   95 High School Speech and Essay Contests
   97 Youth Yearbook
   98 Smokey Bear/Woodsey Owl Environmental Poster
   99 Poetry Contest
   100 NYS Special Youth Project
   101 High School Distinguished Service

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION CHAIRMAN
   63 Historic Preservation
   11 Civic Concern with Historic Preservation