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Tennessee Master Gardener Awards

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Search for Excellence Awards - 2019

SFE Google Drive Link with all the Information and Forms for 2019

State SFE awards are managed by a state volunteer committee working closely with the TEMG workgroup.
 
Awards include both service project awards and individual awards for volunteers and contributing partners.

 The Outstanding Contributing Partner award is intended to recognize those organizations or persons who are not Extension Master Gardeners, but who provides significant support to the Master Gardener mission.​

 
Individuals will be recognized at the following Tennessee Extension​ Master Gardener state conference along with other SFE winners.
 
 
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Tennessee Search for Excellence Awards

The Tennessee Search For Excellence (SFE) program is sponsored by the Tennessee Master Gardener Advocacy Board. 

Its purpose is to recognize outstanding Master Gardener projects throughout the State of Tennessee.  All work done by volunteer Master Gardeners is significant to communities across the state, but not all work qualifies for the honor bestowed by a SFE Award. 

All projects receiving SFE Awards must demonstrate overall excellence, high levels of ​learning and community outreach that embody the following values of the Master Gardener Program:

  • Providing home horticulture education in a responsive and timely manner
  • Collaborating with local nonprofit and municipal groups to offer educational leadership for better gardening practices in area communities
  • Fostering a learning environment for volunteers
  • Encouraging continued education and the recruitment and training of new Master Gardener Volunteers
  • Offering information and education to Tennessee citizens through innovative programs with creative and new approaches

SFE Awards recognize outstanding group projects as opposed to recognizing an individual Master Gardener doing outstanding work.

There are seven broad categories of SFE Awards:

    1. Youth
    2. Demonstration Garden
    3. Workshop or Presentation
    4. Community Service
    5. Innovative Project
    6. Research
    7. Special Needs Audience
    
2017 Search for Excellent Outreach- SFE Outreach Winners.pdf
Youth Programs Hamilton County- Alpine Crest Elementary School Outdoor Classroom and Gardens
Demonstration Gardens- Shelby County - Collierville Victory Garden
Workshop or Presentation- Shelby County - MAMG Speakers Bureau
Innovative Project- Tipton County - Drummonds Park Arboretum
Written Education- Shelby County - Gardening in Shelby County: Gardening Calendar and Planting Guide

Individual​- SFE Individual Winners.pdf
Outstanding Contributing Partner
Carol Reese- UT Extension Western Region Ornamental Horticutlure Specialist

Outstanding Individual TEMGs-
Barbara O'Neil- Knox County;
Joan Clayton- Davis- Davidson County
​Ginny Fletcher- Shelby County

 
        2015 Winners (Presentation link) Award presentation
  • Knox County- Workshop or Presentation
  • Sevier County- Innovative
  • Knox County- Community Service
  • Knox County- Demonstration Garden
  • Cumberland County- research
  • Cumberland County- Youth
2015 Outstanding Extension Master Gardeners -
Barbra Bunting and Marsh Lehman
 
2015 Outstanding Contributing Partner -
Walt Hitch    
      
         2014 (Presentations)
  • Bradley County- Juvenile Court Program (Innovative)
  • Dyer County- Shady Acres Arboretum (Community Service)
  • Rutherford County- Demonstration Garden
  • Sequatchie Valley- Mushroom Logs (Workshop)
  • Sequatchie Valley- Tomato Tasting (Research)

2013

    • Cumberland County- REAP- Vegetable Garden Kit
    • Greene County- Boys and Girls Club Demonstration Garden
    • Hawkins County- Church Hill Senior Center Garden
    • Putnam County- Putnam County Fair Enchanted Garden
    • Sullivan County- Harvest of Hope Community Garden

 
        2012
  • Shelby County - Through Our Garden Gates
  • Montgomery County - Smith-Trahern Mansion
  • Blount County - Right Here Plants That Thrive in East Tennessee

2011

  • Davidson County - Junior Gardeners Day Camp
  • Bledsoe & Sequatchie Counties - Vegetable Gardening Project
  • Bledsoe & Sequatchie Counties - Nursing Home Project
  • Greene County - New Hope Cemetery Restoration
  • Hamilton County - Evelyn Davenport Navarre Teaching Garden
  • Putnam County - "Ask the Master Gardeners" Newspaper Column​​

 
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If you have any questions, please contact the State SFE Chair, Suzanne Allen, at sallen0126@gmail.com. 

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