French Broad River Garden Club

French Broad River Garden Club

1962 Amy Angell Collier Montague Medal

For establishment of the Biltmore Country Market.


The Amy Angell Collier Montague Medal is awarded for outstanding civic achievement.

The Amy Angell Collier Montague Medal was endowed by Gilbert Holland Montague in memory of his wife (1872–1941), a member of Garden Club of Mount Desert, Zone I. Amy derived great happiness from horticulture, music, and involvement in civic improvement. The medal, designed by Gertrude K. Lathrop, was first awarded in 1950.

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1962

George Campbell Munro

Medal of Honor

Eminent horticulturist, who by his work helped to establish the Na Laau...

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1962

Dr. Clarence Cottam

Frances K. Hutchinson Medal

Distinguished consservationist, authority on biology, ornithology,...

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1962

Mrs. Joseph H. Thompson

Margaret Douglas Medal

For the many projects she has spearheaded in the cause of conservation...

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1962

H. Lincoln Foster

Florens DeBevoise Medal

Eminent hybridizer who has developed a number of unusual hybrids suited to...

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1962

Miss Elizabeth Remsen Van Brunt

Eloise Payne Luquer Medal

Outstanding authority on herbs; lecturer and author.

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1962

Mrs. Charles Bittinger

Distinguished Service Medal

Student of wildflowers and ferns for more than 80 years.  Promoted...

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1962

Mrs. Elizabeth Rhoades Reynolds

Katharine Thomas Cary Medal

For her flower arrangement lectures, teaching and judging.

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