GCA Medal Recipients: Katharine Thomas Cary Medal

River Oaks Garden Club, Zone IX

For her ability to combine her floral artistic talent with a passion for sharing her knowledge with others.

Litchfield Garden Club, Zone II

With deep appreciation for her inspirational talent and her devotion to share the joy of floral design through excellence in teaching, mentoring, and exhibiting.

Late Bloomers Garden Club, Zone VIII

For exceptional leadership in floral design as an educator, speaker, mentor and artist; for successfully restructuring and digitizing flower shows’ essential resource, the Flower Show & Judging Guide.

The Garden Workers, Zone V

With gratitude to an inspiring teacher who generously shares her expertise through lectures, workshops, articles in By Design and her own unique and creative arrangements.

Four Counties Garden Club, Zone V

For an enthusiastic, passionate, and generous teacher who continuously expands her own creative expertise, shares her knowledge, and inspires everyone in the world of floral design. 

Lenox Garden Club, Zone I

With profound gratitude for her passionate commitment to every component of floral design education and for her thoughtful, encouraging mentoring which has inspired incalculable blooms of creativity.

Knoxville Garden Club, Zone IX

For delightfully spreading the love of flower arranging through mentoring and educating others.

The Garden Club of Michigan, Zone X

Presented to Bliss Caulkins Clark, a dedicated mentor, inspiring teacher and gifted designer.

Memphis Garden Club, Zone IX

For heightening awareness of artistic and horticultural excellence through writing, recognizing and promoting talent, and raising the bar in flower arranging education nationally and internationally.

Founders Garden Club of Dallas, Zone IX

Presented to Lucinda Smith Seale. The recent growth and sophistication in the art of flower arranging in the Garden Club of America is due in large measure to the dedication and efforts of Lucinda Seale.

The Summit Garden Club, Zone IV

Presented to Marty Van Allen, in recognition of enthusiastic dedication to flower arranging education.  Your generosity of sharing knowledge, experience and innovations makes you an outstanding educator.

Cambridge Plant & Garden Club, Zone I

Presented to Ruth Cox Crocker, exhibitor, editor and teacher extraordinaire.  Ruth has won nearly every GCA flower arrangement award and is both a Flower Arranging and Horticulture Judge and was just named President of the World Association of Flower Arrangers/USA. (WAFA)

North Shore GC of Massachusetts, Zone I

Presented to Arabella Dane, a woman of vision who formed the Flower Arranging Study Group of the GCA.  She has served as president of the American Horticultural Society and the Garden Club Federation of MA.  Her leadership roles in the gardening world, her perseverance in the creation of computer programs and database; and her achievement in the field of flower arrangement education has all greatly added to the furtherance of the aims of the GCA.

Presented to:  Jane Morgan an Ikebana specialist and designer of prestigious gardens.  She has loosened the reins of traditionalism through her creativity and principles to educate us.

Worcester Garden Club, Zone I

Presented to Julie Lapham for her talent in the fine art of flower arranging and ability to share this love with countless others in shows, symposia, workshops, lectures and demonstrations.

Rye Garden Club, Zone III

For her outstanding achievement as an exhibitor, judge, lecturer, and mentor in addition to her infinite capacity to inspire and educate both the experienced and novice flower arranger.

Garden Club of Lookout Mountain, Zone IX

Presented to:  Janet Patten Moon, whose dedication to the art of flower arrangement has been obvious for many years.  Her innate sense of balance, harmony, and beauty reflect in her floral compositions.  Janet's generous and kind encouragement to everyone has been her outstanding attribute.  She is a master who uses her soft southern charm and infectious sense of humor to inspire us to have fun while learning to create innovative flower arrangements.

The Virginia Beach Garden Club, Zone VII

To Sandra Sadler Baylor for furthering flower arrangement artistry through workshops and lectures.

Trustees' Garden Club, Zone VIII

To Katherine Eaton Cobb, whose artistic ability and devotion to flower arranging have educated and inspired many.

Nantucket Garden Club, Zone I

To Sally Willauer Nash, who has enlightened flower arrangers at all levels from novice to expert, through her gentle, thoughful approach not only in creating but in teaching and explaining the principles of design.

Garden Club of Alexandria, Zone VII

To Georgia S. Vance for sharing her knowledge of the history, techniques and artistry of flower arranging as author, lecturer and teacher.

Carolina Foothills Garden Club, Zone VIII

To Catherine H. Beattie for her expertise and her steadgfast adherence to the highest standards of The Garden Club of America.  Her artistic abillity and devotion to flower arranging have been a continuing source of education, inspiration and encouragement.

Katherine Hulburt King's accomplishments in the field of flower arranging and flower arrangement education are legendary.  She superbly exhibited for thirty-two years, and at the same time, played leading management roles in the Philadelphia Flower Show.

Garden Club of Lookout Mountain, Zone IX

Martha Newton Law, for her long and distinguished career in furthering the aims of The Garden Club of America in flower arrangement education; an inspiring teacher who encourages originality and confidence in her students through her kind and helpful critiques; her skill in arranging flowers and in communicating with an audience combine to make hers a unique talent.

To Mrs. Harry C. Groome, Jr., for raising the standards of flower arrangement competition and encouraging a host of would-be arrangers to enter flower shows.  Also for the free workshops she has held for many years to help exhibitors prepare their entries for the Philadelphia Flower Show.

The Little Garden Club of Memphis, Zone IX

Miss Lucy Carrington Jones, in recognition of her outstanding success in teaching and application of the art of flower arrangement.

New Canaan Garden Club, Zone II

To Patricia Buckley Vanderwarker, for inspiring so many to be innovative and to create beautiful arrangements, stressing economy in both time and material.

In recognition of her outstanding success in teaching and application of the art of flower arrangement.

For a true artist with an international reputation for innovative work, which has had a definite impact on the world of flower arrangement.

For notable achievement in the area of Flower Arrangement Education for more than three decades; for maintaining excellence in aesthetic standards.

For vital contributions as an internationally recognized lecturer, author, editor and instructor; and for influencing millions to grow plant material to create beauty in their homes and communities.

In recognition of her generosity in teaching the art of flower arrangement and in sharing her keen love of beauty and her creative ingenuity.

For her creative talent and artistic abillity, demonstrated in teaching, judging, staging and directing flower shows.

In recognition of her creative skills and the dramatic presentations with which she has inspired others in the art of flower arranging, staging and exhibiting.

The sharing of her unusual art and skill in all kinds of flower arrangements has had widespread influence and uniform admiration.

A talented flower arranger, lecturer and author who has encouraged, instructed and inspired many prospective arrangers and judges.

For her talent, ability and noteworthy public service combined in her teaching of the appreciation of beauty and flower arrangement.

For sharing her knowledge of flower arrangement and for her inspiration and encouragement in the development of judges.

For her flower arrangement lectures, teaching and judging.

Author of two books on flower arranging, exhibitor at important flower shows over a period of more than 25 years, judge at exhibitions throughout the country and fearless in her defense of high standards.