The Clermont Garden Club was presented with 5 (five) awards on May 26th, 2022, at the District V11’s Spring General Meeting for the program year 2020-2022.
Receiving the awards was the Clermont Chapter president, Cindy Simon. The awards presented were for:
1. 1st Place” for the Yearbook. Awarded by the FLORIDA FEDERATION OF GARDEN CLUBS. The Yearbook was prepared by Cindy Simon and Denise Palmero.
2.”1st Place” award for Butterfly Conservation from FFGC. In addition, they also received a DEEP SOUTH GARDEN CLUBS, Honorable Mention award for Butterfly Conservation. The Clermont Garden Club includes many butterfly-friendly plants and has been certified as a butterfly sanctuary by the North American Butterfly Association. Thanks to Pat Richardson, Grounds Chairperson, and other members who volunteer to maintain the garden.
3. “1st Place” Class A award from FFGC. (Class A is for libraries maintained in garden clubs and Class B is for libraries maintained elsewhere). Clermont Garden Club library is open to all members to check out books with Julie Milburn, the Library Chairperson.
4. “1st Place” FFGC award and “2nd” Place award from DEEP SOUTH GARDEN CLUBS, Public Relations. Last spring a lovely display window was prepared at Cooper Memorial Library to honor National Garden Week. The window display was so impressive that the Library asked that it be left in place the entire month of June. Arlene Rand and Tina Worrell from the Clermont Garden Club co-chaired this project.
5 “1st Place” from FFGC for FUN WITH FLOWERS WORKSHOP. Last Fall Cindy Simon led a Fun with Flowers workshop on how to plant live succulents in an impervious faux pumpkin for Halloween. Each attendee went home with a pumpkin.
The Clermont Garden Club thanked FFGC and DEEP SOUTH GARDEN CLUBS FOR FOR RECOGNIZING them with these awards.
The Clermont Garden Club will continue to thrive in educating and inspiring residents and the community to get interested in gardening themselves. Clermont Garden Club is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information about our group, go to www.ClermontGardenClub.com
