Tennessee Search for Excellence

2024 TEMG SFE Local Service Project Winners

Local Education and Service Awards

  • Teaching Site- Rutherford County Demonstration Rain Garden and Crimson Clover Master Gardeners Pollinator Demonstration Garden
  • Workshop/Presentation- Knox County Smart Yards and Friends Festival
  • Innovative Program for Under-served Audiences- Shelby County Horticulture Therapy for Senior Adults
  • Written or Recorded Education- Knox County Organic Master Gardener and Shelby County Through our Garden Gates Digital/Print Collateral
  • Youth- Sumner County Shalom Zone Youth Gardening Program
  • Outstanding Master Gardener – Walter Dykas- Anderson County; Linda Robertson- Wilson County; Carlton Mathes- Hamilton County
  • Outstanding Partner- Lee Rumble- Knox County Extension; Grow Oak Ridge Project

2020 TEMG SFE Local Service Project Winners

  • Hamilton County  McCoy Farm and Garden Butterfly Waystation and Cottage Garden
  • Williamson County- Library Series Talks
  • Knox County, Greene County, Hamilton County and Knox County- (3-way tie for youth outreach)- Boys and Girls Club Demo Garnde, Youth Adventures Day Camp, and Hardin Valley Learning Garden

Check out this YouTube video of all 6 winners!

Interested in getting in some early hours for 2021? Well, this YouTube Playlist is for you! It is a compilation of a whole summer of 2020 on-site tours and visits with EMGs and agents around Tennessee!

Outstanding Individual and Partner Awards

2020 Outstanding Individual Master Gardener Award

  • Lecia Anderson
  • Bobbi Heneisen
  • Carol Mathews

2020 Outstanding Contributing Partner Award

  • Sevier County Fair and Fairgrounds
  • Chattanooga Area Food Bank

Our First Ever TEMG Coordinators of Excellence Awards

Early Stage Coordinator of Excellence – Rachel Painter

Experienced Coordinator of Excellence – Dr. Chris Cooper

Rural Coordinator of Excellence – Alan Bruhin

Urban Coordinator of Excellence – Tom Stebbins