Terry Smith

Recipient of the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award, 2024

Nominated by a member of Piedmont Garden Club

Terry Smith (Piedmont GC Zone XII) is a born educator and advocate for the natural environment. Her entire life has been dedicated to teaching and helping others to understand the importance of the health of the environment, sustainability, maintenance and expansion of habitat, and the importance of individual contributions to these efforts. She is co-founder of Piedmont Connect and the Pollinator Posse, a nonprofit organization that, through outreach, focuses on pollinator-friendly landscaping. She is also a retired teacher whose first-grade garden became part of Alice Waters’ Edible Schoolyard Project.