The A&M Garden Club won several Texas Awards: first in Youth Poetry, Historic Preservation/Decoration, and Environmental Conservation-Pollinators.
The Historic Preservation/Decoration was a Wreath Workshop with Texas A&M University Benz School of Floral Design Bill McKinley and instructors Idalia Aguilar, Johanna Roman, Suzanne Milstead, and Greta Merritt, coordinated by Jane Cohen. More than 50 participants from across Texas learned about historical wreaths and mechanics to create their own work of art in a historic, contemporary, or traditional wreath. A tour of the Gardens at Texas A&M was coordinated by Heather White.
The Environmental Conservation-Pollinators project included a Migration Celebration adding native plants at Richard Carter Park and Bee Creek Park, numerous butterfly projects including Lick Creek Park, the Gardens at Texas A&M, Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History, Heritage Park, and several workshops.
Congratulations to the A&M Garden Club youth award winners:
Winning first and a cash prize from Texas Garden Club-Kindergarten was Elliot James, with his poem Mims and Pappy's Garden. Elliot is a student at College Station Spring Creek Elementary.
Additional Poetry Winners at District Third Grade: first Zain Al Bodran, second Scarlett Brown, third Sarah Mahmood, and honorable mention Isabel Coufal and Madison Leitner, all students at College Station River Bend Elementary School, teacher Kristin Dungan.
Cardinal Poster Winners at District First Grade: first Daniel Have, Spring Creek Elementary, second Sutton Golding, Spring Creek Elementary; third Jacqueline Chu, Spring Creek Elementary. Second Grade: first Zoreen Maknoja, International Leadership of Texas-CS; second Mikayl Hussen, International Leadership of Texas-CS; honorable mention Evie Garcia, Brazos Christian School; and Sawyer Corrigan, Spring Creek Elementary. Third Grade: first Amelia Penionzhkevich, Brazos Christian School, second Macie Hannibal, Spring Creek Elementary.
Smokey Bear Poster Winners at District Fourth Grade: honorable mention Benjamin White and Veronica Ramirez at Purple Turtle Art Studio, Bryan, and Benjamin Socolofsky at Brazos Christian School, Bryan.
The A&M Garden Club youth contests for 2020-21 are posted on www.amgardenclub.com. Entry deadline will be Oct. 16.
Courtesy of A&M Garden Club
