Mrs. Robert Wyatt Sprague
Mrs. Robert Wyatt Sprague
1964 Katharine Thomas Cary Medal
For her talent, ability and noteworthy public service combined in her teaching of the appreciation of beauty and flower arrangement.
Proposed by: The Seattle Garden Club, Zone XII
The Katharine Thomas Cary Medal is awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of floral design education.
The Katharine Thomas Cary Medal was endowed by New Canaan Garden Club, Zone II, in memory of member Katherine Babcock Thomas Cary (Mrs. William Harris Cary: 1874–1953). She served as a GCA director, floral design judge, and GCA librarian. The medal was designed in 1955 by Karl Gruppe and first awarded in 1956.
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