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