Awards Presented to Mountain Laurel Garden Club
Awards & Grants Received in 2019:
Maryland Environmental Trust Grant for $1,000 to construct and plant a rain garden at the Sang Run State Park; NGC “Plant America” grant from Espoma for $250 worth of organic plant foods and soils; NGC “Plant America” grant from AMES Tools for $250 worth of garden tools, including child-size tools
1st Place, Community Service Award for Conservation Committees participation in the garden tour at the Discovery Center in June of 2018
Certification of Recognition for our club’s 30th Anniversary
3rd Place, Yearbook Award
Awards Received in 2018:
1st Place, Civic Development Award for “The Perennial Garden at the Oakland Ruth Enlow Library”
1st Place, Community Service Award for “The Accident Library Summer Reading Project”
(A project of the Conservation Committee)
2nd Place, Community Service Award for “The Discovery Center Pollinator Spring Project”
(A project of the Conservation Committee)
1st Place, Year Book Award
Awards Received in 2017:
1st Place, and 1st Place Overall “Dessie Moxley Youth Involvement Award” for the Native Meadow Garden at Northern Garrett High School
2nd Place Award for our Yearbook
2nd Place Civic Development Awards n recognition of the Oakland Library window depicting 25 years of community activity
“Rally Our Region” Award for saving and restoring the Oakland Library Garden
Awards & Grants Received in 2016:
1st Place in “Dessie Moxley Youth Involvement & Development Award” in recognition of the Conservation Committee’s “Pollinator Seed all Project” at the Discovery Center
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory “Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award” to the Conservation Committee for their stream monitoring efforts as part of the Marcellus Shale Stream Monitoring Coalition
NGC “Youth Pollinator Gardens Grant” for $200 to the Conservation Committee used toward the cost of plant in the Meadow at Northern High School
NGC Civic Development Award for the Hickory Environmental Center Native Plant Project
Maryland Environmental Trust $500 grant to the Conservation Committee for the Meadow Project at Northern High School
2015
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 2nd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Civic Development Award: 2nd Place, in recognition of the Oakland Library window depicting 25 years of community service
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. "Rally Our Region" Award for saving and restoring the Ruth Enlow Library Garden
2014
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Dessie Moxley Youth Involvement and Development Award: 3rd Place, in recognition of our Biodiversity Study at the Cove Run Stream Restoration Site
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Civic Development Award: 1st Place, in recognition of Hickory Environmental Center Native Plant Project
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Evelyn M. Cotton Maryland Conservation Award, in recognition of Hickory Environmental Center Native Plant Project
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Award of Achievement to Mountain Laurel Garden Club for their sponsoring Federated Garden Club's first Environmental School and committing to the next three courses
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Award of Achievement to Linda Harris for her vision, enthusiasm, planning and perserverance in establishing Federated Garden Club's first Environmental Studies School
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 2nd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
2013
- District V Director’s Award for Blue Star Memorial in Veteran’s Park in Oakland, MD
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. Certificate of Appreciation in honor of the dedication of the Blue Star Memorial Marker
- National President’s Special Project Award, Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems, for monitoring streams in the Savage River Watershed
- Bill James Environmental Grant from the Maryland Environmental Trust for the purchase of native plants for Hickory Environmental Education Center and follow-up activities with students at the Center
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 2nd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Civic Development Award for the “Creation of Beth’s Garden” at the Garrett County Historical Society in Oakland, MD
- District V Certificate of Appreciation to Katharine Smith, Perennial Bloom Award designee of the Mountain Laurel Garden Club
2012
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 3rd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
2011
- Certificate of Recognition from Barbara A. Mikulski, US Senator, for the Alice Rush McKeon Tree Planting at Route 40 School
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. Certificate of Commendation and Appreciation for participation in the President’s Project, “Golden Days,” planting daffodils at Goodwill Retirement Community
2010
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 3rd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
2008
- Crellin Elementary School Corp of Discovery Award to Mountain Laurel Garden Club “in Grateful Recognition of Your Generosity and Support in the Development of the Elementary School Playground and Environmental Education Laboratory”
2007
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. New Member Increase Citation
- District V Director’s Award for Classroom Feeder Watch Project at Crellin Elementary School
- Grant from Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Columbia Gas of Maryland (Environmental Challenge Fund) for a “bird attractant research garden” at Crellin Elementary School
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Certificate of Recognition for Alice Rush McKeon Tree Planting at Garrett County Welcome Center on I-68
2006
- District V Award Recognizing Outstanding Accomplishment for Classroom Feeder Watch as part of a reclamation project at Crellin Elementary School
- Central Atlantic Region (CAR) Certificate of Appreciation for participation in a CAR Unified Project, “Conserve Today for Tomorrow”
2004
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. Increase in Membership Certificate
- Central Atlantic Region (CAR) Certificate of Appreciation for participation in “Greening Historic Sites in Our Communities” with plantings at the B&O Railroad Station
2002
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. Certificate of Appreciation for participation in “Year of the Rose—2002”
2001
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. and Shell Oil Company Certificate of Recognition for participation in the Shell Grant Program (PETALS)
Maryland Environmental Trust Grant for $1,000 to construct and plant a rain garden at the Sang Run State Park; NGC “Plant America” grant from Espoma for $250 worth of organic plant foods and soils; NGC “Plant America” grant from AMES Tools for $250 worth of garden tools, including child-size tools
1st Place, Community Service Award for Conservation Committees participation in the garden tour at the Discovery Center in June of 2018
Certification of Recognition for our club’s 30th Anniversary
3rd Place, Yearbook Award
Awards Received in 2018:
1st Place, Civic Development Award for “The Perennial Garden at the Oakland Ruth Enlow Library”
1st Place, Community Service Award for “The Accident Library Summer Reading Project”
(A project of the Conservation Committee)
2nd Place, Community Service Award for “The Discovery Center Pollinator Spring Project”
(A project of the Conservation Committee)
1st Place, Year Book Award
Awards Received in 2017:
1st Place, and 1st Place Overall “Dessie Moxley Youth Involvement Award” for the Native Meadow Garden at Northern Garrett High School
2nd Place Award for our Yearbook
2nd Place Civic Development Awards n recognition of the Oakland Library window depicting 25 years of community activity
“Rally Our Region” Award for saving and restoring the Oakland Library Garden
Awards & Grants Received in 2016:
1st Place in “Dessie Moxley Youth Involvement & Development Award” in recognition of the Conservation Committee’s “Pollinator Seed all Project” at the Discovery Center
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory “Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award” to the Conservation Committee for their stream monitoring efforts as part of the Marcellus Shale Stream Monitoring Coalition
NGC “Youth Pollinator Gardens Grant” for $200 to the Conservation Committee used toward the cost of plant in the Meadow at Northern High School
NGC Civic Development Award for the Hickory Environmental Center Native Plant Project
Maryland Environmental Trust $500 grant to the Conservation Committee for the Meadow Project at Northern High School
2015
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 2nd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Civic Development Award: 2nd Place, in recognition of the Oakland Library window depicting 25 years of community service
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. "Rally Our Region" Award for saving and restoring the Ruth Enlow Library Garden
2014
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Dessie Moxley Youth Involvement and Development Award: 3rd Place, in recognition of our Biodiversity Study at the Cove Run Stream Restoration Site
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Civic Development Award: 1st Place, in recognition of Hickory Environmental Center Native Plant Project
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Evelyn M. Cotton Maryland Conservation Award, in recognition of Hickory Environmental Center Native Plant Project
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Award of Achievement to Mountain Laurel Garden Club for their sponsoring Federated Garden Club's first Environmental School and committing to the next three courses
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Award of Achievement to Linda Harris for her vision, enthusiasm, planning and perserverance in establishing Federated Garden Club's first Environmental Studies School
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 2nd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
2013
- District V Director’s Award for Blue Star Memorial in Veteran’s Park in Oakland, MD
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. Certificate of Appreciation in honor of the dedication of the Blue Star Memorial Marker
- National President’s Special Project Award, Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems, for monitoring streams in the Savage River Watershed
- Bill James Environmental Grant from the Maryland Environmental Trust for the purchase of native plants for Hickory Environmental Education Center and follow-up activities with students at the Center
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 2nd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Civic Development Award for the “Creation of Beth’s Garden” at the Garrett County Historical Society in Oakland, MD
- District V Certificate of Appreciation to Katharine Smith, Perennial Bloom Award designee of the Mountain Laurel Garden Club
2012
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 3rd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
2011
- Certificate of Recognition from Barbara A. Mikulski, US Senator, for the Alice Rush McKeon Tree Planting at Route 40 School
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. Certificate of Commendation and Appreciation for participation in the President’s Project, “Golden Days,” planting daffodils at Goodwill Retirement Community
2010
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Yearbook Award: 3rd Place (Yearbook Category 6, 100-299 members)
2008
- Crellin Elementary School Corp of Discovery Award to Mountain Laurel Garden Club “in Grateful Recognition of Your Generosity and Support in the Development of the Elementary School Playground and Environmental Education Laboratory”
2007
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. New Member Increase Citation
- District V Director’s Award for Classroom Feeder Watch Project at Crellin Elementary School
- Grant from Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Columbia Gas of Maryland (Environmental Challenge Fund) for a “bird attractant research garden” at Crellin Elementary School
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. Certificate of Recognition for Alice Rush McKeon Tree Planting at Garrett County Welcome Center on I-68
2006
- District V Award Recognizing Outstanding Accomplishment for Classroom Feeder Watch as part of a reclamation project at Crellin Elementary School
- Central Atlantic Region (CAR) Certificate of Appreciation for participation in a CAR Unified Project, “Conserve Today for Tomorrow”
2004
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. Increase in Membership Certificate
- Central Atlantic Region (CAR) Certificate of Appreciation for participation in “Greening Historic Sites in Our Communities” with plantings at the B&O Railroad Station
2002
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. Certificate of Appreciation for participation in “Year of the Rose—2002”
2001
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. and Shell Oil Company Certificate of Recognition for participation in the Shell Grant Program (PETALS)
