Stony Brook Garden Club of Princeton
founded in 1939
About Us
Our Mission
To increase interest and knowledge of gardening and conservation among our members and among the public at large; to promote gardening and conservation by instruction and example; to beautify the surrounding community and to undertake civic cultural and historical projects related to gardening and conservation.
Club History
SBGC Awards
Horticulture Award
2020 Molly Schneider
2019 Alice St. Claire-Long
2018 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2017 Janet Haring
2016 Alice St. Claire-Long
2015 Alice St. Claire-Long
2014 Alice St. Claire-Long
2013 Alice St. Claire-Long
2012 Alice St. Claire-Long
2011 Lockie Proctor
2010 Lockie Proctor
2009 Anne Gates
2008 Janet Haring
2007 Anne Gates
2006 Katherine Toland
2005 Anne Gates
2004 Betsy Wislar
2003 Betsy Wislar
2002 Angeline F. Austin
Flower Arranging Award
2020 Susan D’Amour
2019 Susan D’Amour
2018 Suky Bracken
2017 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2016 Suky Bracken
2015 Suky Bracken
2014 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2013 Suky Bracken
2012 Joyce Johnson
2011 Janet Haring
2010 Laura Hanson
2009 Sue Plambeck
2008 Daphne Townsend
2007 Liz Murray
2006 Sue Plambeck
2005 Liz Murray
2004 Liz Murray
2003 Liz Murray
2002 Katherine Toland
Photography Award
2020 Julie Tennant
2019 Stacy Drummond and Nell Haughton
2018 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2017 Lisa Granozio
2016 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2015 Leslie Kuenne
2014 Leslie Kuenne
2013 Leslie Kuenne
2012 Leslie Kuenne
2011 Leslie Kuenne
2010 Leslie Kuenne
2009 Leslie Kuenne
2008 Liz Murray
2007 Elizabeth Lugar
2006 Elizabeth Lugar
Sweepstakes Plates
Donated by Charlotte Schluter and Jerry Brown. This award is given to the club member who achieves the most points for horticulture, photography, and flower arranging exhibits during the Club year. She must have entered in all three categories.
2020 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2019 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2018 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2017 Janet Haring
2016 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2015 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2014 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2013 Lisa Marttila
2012 Lisa Marttila
2011 Leslie Kuenne
2010 Katherine Toland
2009 Daphne Townsend
2008 Katherine Toland
2007 Anne Gates
2006 Katherine Toland
2005 Elizabeth Wislar
2004 Katherine Toland
2003 Katherine Toland
2002 Angeline F. Austin
2001 Angeline F. Austin
2000 Sheila Stuart
1999 Angeline F. Austin
1998 Sheila Stuart
1997 Angeline F. Austin
1996 Katie Heins
1995 Angeline F. Austin
1994 Elly Petronio
1993 Katie Heins
1992 Angeline F. Austin
1991 Katie Heins
1990 Angeline F. Austin
1989 Angeline F. Austin
1988 Janet Haring
1987 Janice Pell
1986 Janet Haring
1985 Adra Fairman
1984 Adra Fairman
1983 Angeline F. Austin
1982 Angeline F. Austin
1981 Alison Flemer
1980 Angeline F. Austin
1979 Josie Hall
1978 Josie Hall
1977 Barbara Delafield
1976 Josie Hall
1975 Suzanne Dyckman
1974 Suzanne Dyckman
1973 Jerry Brown
1972 Jane Howe
1971 Jane Howe
1970 Adra Fairman
1969 Adra Fairman
1968 Alice Carter
1967 Marion Leon
1966 Jane Wilmerding
1965 Jane Wilmerding
1964 Jane Wilmerding
1963 Jane Wilmerding
1962 Marion Leon
1961 Marion Leon
1960 Virginia C. Williams
1959 Emily Stuart
1958 Elizabeth Yeatman
1957 Barbara Emeny
1956 Marion Leon
1955 Ethel R. Young
1954 Caroline Wright
1953 Mary Jane Paynter
1952 Helen Griffin
1951 Mary Jane Paynter
1950 Helen Griffin
1949 Dorothy Fleming
1948 Dorothy Fleming
1947 Susan Steele
1946 Susan Steele
1945 Susan Steele
Emily Cowenhoven Stuart Award
For significant contributions to the growth and vitality of Stony Brook Garden Club; need not be awarded annually.
2020 Bonnie Higgins
2019 Olive Coghlan and Ashley Lyu
2015 B.J. Booth
2010 Susan Levy
2005 Sheila Stuart
2004 Daphne Townsend
1994 Lucy Belding
1993 Zoe Bylin
1990 Lynn C. Dawes
Adra Fairman Daffodil Award
Given to the club member who achieves the most points for exhibiting daffodils at club and out-of-club shows.
2020 Molly Schneider
2019 Molly Schneider
2018 Anne Gates
2017 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2016 Lockie Proctor
2015 Anne Gates
2014 Anne Gates
2013 Anne Gates
2012 Anne Gates
2011 Lockie Proctor
2010 Lockie Proctor
2009 Lockie Proctor
2008 Lockie Proctor
2007 Anne Gates
2006 Adra Fairman
2005 Anne Gates
2004 Lockie Proctor
2003 Lockie Proctor
2002 Lockie Proctor
2001 Lockie Proctor
2000 Lockie Proctor
1999 Sheila Stuart
1998 Lockie Proctor
1997 Lockie Proctor
1996 Lockie Proctor
1994 Adra Fairman
Novice Arranger Award
Given to the club member who as a novice arranger accumulates the most points in all arrangement classes during the Club year.
2020 Stacy Drummond, Julie McLaughlin, Alicia Merse 2019 Jane Hornick
2018 Irina Clark
2017 Judy Sarvary
2016 Karen Laub
2015 Susan D’Amour
2014 Melissa Bernardi
2013 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2012 Joyce Johnson
2011 Sarah Shannon
2010 Ruth Smet
2009 Carolyn Healey
2008 Debra Costa
2007 Gail Denise
2006 Sue Plambeck
2005 Toby Goodyear
2004 Merrill Long
2003 Liz Murray
2002 Lori Citrone
2001 Tracey Gates
2000 Meg Gorrie
1999 Joyce Lathbury and Katherine Toland
1998 Anne Gates
1997 Anne Gates
1996 Jennifer Aldrich
1995 Elizabeth Wislar
Green Goddess Award
The award is given to a club member who has demonstrated leadership, creativity and persistence to protect the environment.
2017 Carrie Dyckman
2008 Susan Finlay and Lori Citrone
Novice Botanical Arts Award
Given to the club member who, as a novice arranger, accumulates the most points in all Botanical Arts classes during the Club year.
2017 Gail Denise
2016 Sue Plambeck
Botanical Arts Award
2020 Andrea Meyercord
2017 Liz Bell
Mentor Award
The award is given to the club member who demonstrates exceptional mentoring skills; need not be awarded annually
2019 Barbie Griffin
2014 Janet Haring
2009 Anne Gates
2007 Daphne Townsend
2000 Audrey Pfeilsticker
Silver Trowel Award
Given to the club member who over time, shows an enthusiastic spirit and consistent willingness to participate in club projects and activities; need not be awarded annually.
2020 Susan D’Amour
2019 Betsy Grimes
2017 Sarah Shannon
2015 Alison Beers
2013 Molly Schneider
2010 Gail Denise, Andrea Meyercord
2009 Liz Murray, Sue Plambeck
2008 Leslie Kuenne
2007 Nancy Robins
2005 Sharon Altmeyer
2004 Margie Gibson
Zone IV Awards
Barbara Spalding Cramer Flower Arranging Award 1992 Angeline F. Austin
Clarissa Willemsen Horticulture Propagation Award 2004 Angeline Austin
Conservation Award 2016 Katy Kinsolving
2012 Meg Gorrie
1998 Janet Haring
Creative Leadership Award 2016 Katie Heins
2007 Susan Levy
Historic Preservation Award 2007 Sheila Stuart
Horticulture Award 2016 Anne Gates
2006 Katie Heins
1982 Adra Fairman
Civic Improvement Award 1998 Janet Haring
Gavel Award
This award is presented to the club with the highest number of points earned from all competitive classes in a GCA Flower Show at a Zone IV Meeting.
2016 Stony Brook Garden Club
2004 Stony Brook Garden Club
GCA Awards
Catherine Beattie Medal 2000 Angeline F. Austin
Harriet DeWaele Puckett Creativity Award 2008 Barby Delafield
Dorothy Vietor Munger Award
2018 Suky Bracken
2004 Barby Delafield
Rosie Jones Horticulture Award 2012 Louise Wellemeyer
Ann Lyon Crammond Award 2004 Meredith Peterson
This award may be presented at a GCA or Small Flower Show
to an outstanding educational exhibit which best educates the
public about gardens. Any educational exhibit which increases
the appreciation of any aspect of plants, gardens or landscape
design may be considered for this award.
Marion Thompson Fuller Brown Conservation Award 2016 Stony Brook Garden Club
This award may be presented for an outstanding conservation 2004 Lila Cruikshank
exhibit at a GCA Small Flower Show. The award recognizes
an exhibit of exceptional educational and visual merit which i
ncreases the public's knowledge and awareness of our environment.
Corliss Knapp Engle Horticulture Sweepstakes Award 2016 Stony Brook Garden Club
This award may be presented to the club with the highest number 2008 Stony Brook Garden Club
of points earned from all competitive horticulture classes in a 2004 Stony Brook Garden Club
GCA Flower Show.
Horticultural Achievement Certificate of Excellence within a Club
2003 Anne Gates
1996 Katie Heins
National Public Relations Award 2011 Stony Brook Garden Club
2006 Stony Brook Garden Club
Club Appreciation Award
2020 Sue Plambeck
2018 Alison Beers Bickford
2017 B.J. Booth
2012 Sharon Altmeyer
2011 Daphne Townsend
2010 Nancy Henkel
2006 Wendy Hopper
2004 Audrey Gates
2003 Elly Petronio
1995 Margaret C. Wallace
Medal of Merit
Recognizes an exceptional contribution in horticulture, 2020 Anne Gates
conservation, civic achievement, or leadership within 2016 Alice St.Claire-Long
the area of the recipient’s club 2006 Adra Fairman
1996 Janet Haring
Club Floral Design Achievement Award 2016 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2013 Suky Bracken
2011 Janet Haring
2005 Lori Citrone
2004 Liz Murray
2003 Katherine Toland
1994 Barby Delafield
Creative Leadership Award 2016 Katie Heins
Historic Preservation Certificate 2002 Sheila Stuart
Club Conservation Award 2018 Carrie Dyckman
2013 Katie Kinsolving
2008 Susan Finlay
Club Communications Award 2012 Laura Hanson
Club Photography Award 2020 Anastazja Panek-Tobin
2014 Leslie Kuenne
Club Horticulture Award 2018 Alice St. Claire-Long
2014 Lockie Proctor
2003 Anne Gates
1996 Katie Heins
Novice Award in Horticulture 2016 Carrie Dyckman
Certificate of Excellence in Floral Design
2018 Suky Bracken