GARDEN CLUB OF NEW HAVEN AWARDS
Two monetary awards are given out annually by the Garden Club of New Haven to organizations and/or members of the community. Recent recipients are listed below. Interested in finding out more? Please contact the club at gardenclubnh@gmail.com for further details.
Two monetary awards are given out annually by the Garden Club of New Haven to organizations and/or members of the community. Recent recipients are listed below. Interested in finding out more? Please contact the club at gardenclubnh@gmail.com for further details.
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The Florence Bradley Award
This award is given to a Greater New Haven group, organization, or individual whose work best reflects the mission of our Garden Club: “create interest in and promote knowledge of gardening, preservation of natural resources, and civic horticultural work.” This award was established in 2012 by the Board of Directors. Recommendations for recipients are made to the committee; the membership will vote for the final selection. This award is presented annually at a general meeting. 
2019 Recipient: Growers Inc. growersinc.org Growers Inc. helps adults with physical and developmental disabilities become self-sufficient through occupational training, education and experience in an horticultural environment. The program is supported by experts in the fields of horticulture, education and therapy, the local community, and volunteers. 
2018 Recipient:
The New Haven Land Trust (www.newhavenlandtrust.org/) The New Haven Land Trust promotes community engagement in land stewardship and cultivation through land conservation, community gardening and environmental education. NHLT oversees six nature preserves and nearly fifty community gardens within New Haven. Programs that appealed to the Civic and Scholarship committees are the Land Trust's Incubator Gardens program and its Growing Entrepreneurs program. The Incubator Gardens program works with low‐income adults with diet related chronic illnesses to teach these clients about healthy eating then provides a garden plot and support for growing healthy fresh food. The Growing Entrepreneurs program works with New Haven high school students to teach them gardening and carpentry skills while working on small projects within the community gardens. Justin Elicker, Director of the New Haven Land Trust, will be speaking to our membership in the early fall about these two programs and their use of the Bradley Award funding. 
2017 Recipient:
The Children's Horticultural Center The Center, located on Whitney Avenue in Hamden and serving students from all over, but mostly New Haven students, has recently developed a Horticulture Program with the help of Stephanie Innes. Stephanie, the Vocational Specialist in Horticulture, began her work with the Children’s Center in December 2015. She has been integrating her knowledge into many aspects of the school. Stephanie, along with the help of her students, has undertaken a well-planned and executed job of planning, building, planting and tending the many vegetable and flower gardens at the Center. She also grows beautiful plants in her classroom. Recently, Stephanie and the students planted 300 bulbs on the campus, so it has been a beautiful spring there. 2016 Recipient: CT Agricultural Experiment Station
The mission of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is to develop, advance, and disseminate scientific knowledge, improve agricultural productivity and environmental quality, protect plants, and enhance human health and well-being through research for the benefit of Connecticut residents and the nation. Seeking solutions across a variety of disciplines for the benefit of urban, suburban, and rural communities, Station scientists remain committed to "Putting Science to Work for Society", a motto as relevant today as it was at their founding in 1875. |
The Henry and Nancy Bartels Fund Member Nancy H. Bartels and her husband, Henry graciously established an endowment for the club, administered by the Community Foundation, which allows us to strengthen our ties with the community. Each year, the club directs the funds received from the endowment to organizations or to support activities within the club that are involved in areas such as education and community gardening. 
2018 Recipient:
Audubon Connecticut's Back to Schoolyard Habitat Program for their work in integrating environmental education into school curricula. Audubon Connecticut’s Schoolyard Habitat Program is a partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that develops healthy schoolyard habitats for both children and wildlife, integrates place-based environmental education into the school curriculum, and promotes environmentally-friendly practices among children and their families at home. As part of Audubon's broad Bird-Friendly Communities initiative, the Schoolyard Habitat Program provides opportunities for students to use their schoolyard as a living outdoor classroom, to play leadership roles in the development of the schoolyard habitat, and to engage in meaningful conservation activities at school, home, and in their community. 
2017 Recipient:
Leadership, Education & Athletics in Partnership LEAP Sustainable Garden Project supports the Children’s Garden into 2017 and beyond. A generous donation of $5,000 from the GCNH Bartels Fund was received in May, and has been vital in supporting the Children’s Garden into 2017 and beyond. Much-needed supplies purchased with the fund so far include a tool shed, a wheelbarrow, 2 spades, 2 rakes, a shade sail, irrigation equipment (including soaker hoses, adapters and a timer), plants, preying mantis eggs, ladybugs, compost, fertilizer, and organic plant treatments. Plans are in place for installing a new umbrella, a rose arbor, a shade tree and several landscape plants once the cooler fall weather arrives In addition to serving as a natural oasis for LEAP and providing fresh produce to children and staff, the garden is the location for Summer Garden Classes, with 6 classes of approximately 20 children per class (ages 6-12). Children learn about nature, organic gardening practices, and the benefits of fresh organic produce. https://www.leapforkids.org/ 2016 Recipient: Christy Haas
Christy Haas, a former Deputy Director of Parks and Squares for the City of New Haven, was awarded a recognition citation for her dedication and advocacy on behalf of New Haven's parks and her effort to work with utilities to prevent unnecessary tree removal. This award was presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting.
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