Ada Welborn Cup
In 1936, a silver cup was purchased by the Garden Club of Denver, to be awarded for expertness in flower arranging to an exhibitor at the Annual Meeting Flower Show, selected by a vote of the members. It is named for Ada Welborn, one of the Founders of the Garden Club of Denver.
2023 Nan Procknow
2022 Not Awarded
2021 Caroline Rassenfoss and Lisa Gould
2020 No Competition
2019 Martha Veldkamp
2018 Bonnie Grenney
2017 Missy Eliot and Nina Sisk
2016 Nancy Jones and Leslie Liedtke
2015 Cindy Scott and Deborah Foy
2014 Wendy White
2013 Nina Sisk and Bonnie Grenney
2012 Caroline Rassenfoss and Lisa Gould Mary Elliman and Leslie Cavness, Bonnie Grenney and Linda Zinn
2011 Bonnie Grenney and Angela Overy
2010 Amy Godfrey, Lisa Gould and Caroline Rassenfoss
2009 Carol Schmidt
2008 Mrs. Trevor Brown, Mrs. Jerry Ladd, Mrs. Brewster Boyd and Mary Schaefer
2007 Mrs. Charles L. Cavness, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Elliman
2005 Mrs. Warren Sheridan and Mrs. Richard Mandelson
2004 Mrs. James S. Wilson
2003 Mrs. Andrew L. Blair, Jr.
2002 Mrs. Edward P . Connors
2001 Deborah Enoch Davis
2000 Deborah Enoch Davis
1999 Mrs. Warren Sheridan
1998 Mrs. Warren Sheridan
1997 Mrs. Edward P. Connors and Mrs. George C. Gibson
1996 Mrs. Richard Downing, Jr.
1995 Mrs. Warren Sheridan
1994 Mrs. Warren Sheridan
1993 Deborah Enoch Davis
1992 Mrs. Warren Sheridan
1991 Mrs. Hugh R. Overy
1990 Mrs. Donald M. Culver
1989 Mrs. Donald M. Culver and Mrs. Richard Downing, Jr.
1988 Mrs. Warren Sheridan
1987 Mrs. Hugh R. Overy
1986 Mrs. William Jackson
1985 Mrs. Warren Sheridan
1984 Mrs. Warren Sheridan
1983 Mrs. Willett Moore
1982 Mrs. Frank Freyer (Mrs. B. K. Sweeney, Jr.)
1981 Mrs. Walter Koch
1980 Mrs. Arthur G. Rydstrom
1979 Mrs. Mackintosh Brown
1978 Mrs. Theodore Washburne
1977 Mrs. Samuel Childs
1976 Mrs. John C. Mitchell
1975 Mrs. Barbara Moore Rumsey
1974 Mrs. Arthur G. Rydstrom
1973 Mrs. Arthur G. Rydstrom
1972 Mrs. Schuyler Grey
1971 Mrs. Schuyler Grey
1970 Mrs. James Rae Arneill, Jr.
1969 Mrs. Willett Moore and Mrs. Samuel Childs
1968 Mrs. Willett Moore
1967 Mrs. Samuel Childs
1966 Mrs. J. Churchill Owen
1965 Mrs. Samuel Childs
1964 Mrs. George Garrey
1963 Mrs. Arthur G. Rydstrom
1962 Mrs. Hudson Moore, Jr.
1961 Mrs. C. Walter Allen
1960 Mrs. Willett Moore
1959 Mrs. Arthur G. Rydstrom
1958 Mrs. C. Walter Allen
1957 Mrs. Alonzo Lilly
1956 Mrs. John B. Welborn
1955 Mrs. Arthur G. Rydstrom
1954 Mrs. C. Walter Allen
1953 Mrs. J. Churchill Owen
1952 Mrs. Hudson Moore, Jr.
1951 Mrs. John McKenzie
1950 Mrs. Frank McLister
1949 Mrs. Wallin Foster
1948 Mrs. George Berger
1947 Mrs. George Garrey
1946 Mrs. John McPhee
1945 No competition
1944 No competition
1943 Mrs. Harold Kountze
1942 Mrs. Harold Kountze
1941 Mrs. George H. Garrey
1940 Mrs. James J. Waring
1939 Mrs. George Berger
1938 Mrs. Harold Kountze
1937 Mrs. Harold Kountze
1936 Mrs. Verner Reed
Walker Tears Tureen
In 1939, a silver tureen was given to the Garden Club of Denver by Mr. Irwin Tears in memory of Mrs. Hepburn Walker and Mrs. Daniel Tears. In 1941, it was voted that the tureen be given each year to the member who does the most outstanding work for the Garden Club of Denver for that year.
2023 Amy Mower
2022 Lindsay Dodge 2021 Missy Elliot and Nina Sisk
2020 Steering Committee of Florabundance
2019 Deborah Foy and Cindy Scott
2018 Sally Obregon and Margaret Garbe
2017 Alice Hughes
2016 Mary Talbot
2015 Mary Elliman
2014 Deborah Enoch Davis
2013 Meg Nichols
2012 Helen Boyd
2011 Bonnie Grenney and Lindsay Dodge
2010 Ann Crammond and Meg Nichols
2009 Deborah Enoch Davis
2008 Mrs. William C. Jackson, Jr.
2007 Mrs. Paul V. Grenney
2006 Mrs. William R. Hudon and Mrs. Timothy Davis
2005 Mrs. Hugh Overy
2004 Mrs. Stephen S. Marsters and Mrs. Max Martin
2003 Mrs. Paul V. Grenney
2002 Mrs. George C. Gibson and Mrs. James S. Wilson
2001 Mrs. John Brooks, Jr. (now Mrs. Thomas Owen) and Mrs. Warren Sheridan
2000 Mrs. James M. Idema, Jr.
1999 Mrs. James B. Kurtz
1998 Mrs. Jeffrey H. Schutz (now Ms. Carol Purdy)
1997 Mrs. Lee Nelson, Mrs. Hugh Overy and Mrs. James S. Wilson
1996 Mrs. Richard M. Davis and Mrs. Richard Downing, Jr.
1995 Mrs. Deborah Enoch Davis and Ms. Mary Schaefer
1994 Mrs. Mackintosh Brown
1993 Mrs. Hugh R. Overy
1992 Mrs. George C. Gibson
1991 Mrs. Edward P . Connors
1990 Mrs. William C. Jackson, Jr.
1989 Mrs. Warren Sheridan and Mrs. Harley G. Higbie, Jr.
1988 Miss Melanie Grant
1987 Miss Melanie Grant
1986 Mrs. Richard Downing, Jr.
1985 not awarded
1984 not awarded
1983 Mrs. Harley G. Higbie, Jr.
1982 Mrs. James J. Waring
1981 Mrs. William C. Jackson, Jr.
1980 Mrs. John F. Kelly
1979 Mrs. John F. Kelly
1978 Mrs. George Hopfenbeck and Mrs. Richard Kirk
1977 Mrs. Thomas Taplin and Mrs. George Kelly
1976 Not Awarded
1975 Not Awarded
1974 Mrs. Thomas Taplin
1973 Mrs. Donald C. Campbell
1972 Mrs. Frank B. Freyer (Mrs. B. K. Sweeney)
1971 Mrs. Willett S. Moore
1970 Mrs. Willett S. Moore
1969 Mrs. J. Kenneth Malo
1968 Mrs. Harley G. Higbie, Jr.
1967 Mrs. Mackintosh Brown
1966 Mrs. George Garrey
1965 Mrs. Arthur Rydstrom
1964 Mrs. John Mitchell
1963 Mrs. Willett S. Moore
1962 Mrs. Arthur Rydstrom
1961 Mrs. J. Kernan Weckbaugh & Mrs. Raymond Sargent
1960 Mrs. Samuel B. Childs
1959 Mrs. Alonzo Lilly
1958 Mrs. Guilford Jones
1957 Mrs. E. H. Honnen
1956 Mrs. James J. Waring
1955 Mrs. Charles Roland Enos
1954 Mrs. Frank McLister
1953 Mrs. George Garrey
1952 Mrs. Hubert Work
1951 Mrs. Cass Herrington
1950 Mrs. Robert M. Perry
1949 Mrs. James J. Waring
1948 Mrs. J. Churchill Owen
1947 Mrs. John Evans
1946 Mrs. Hudson Moore, Jr.
1945 Miss Florence Martin
1944 No Competition
1943 Mrs. James J. Waring
1942 Mrs. Barnett
1941 Mrs. Ralph Bulkley
1940 Mrs. John Evans
1939 Mrs. John Evans
Mary Kountze Knowles Horticulture Award
In 1991, a silver cup was given to the Garden Club of Denver by Nancy Kountze Mitchell (Mrs. John C. Mitchell, II) in memory of her sister, Mary Kountze Knowles. The cup belonged to their mother, Louise Bulkley Kountze, and it was thought to be a wedding present, about 1907. It is awarded for excellence in horticulture at the Annual Meeting Flower Show, selected by a vote of the members.
2023 Marilyn Wilson
2022 Not Awarded
2021 Ann Crammond and Janet Manning
2020 No Competition
2019 Mary Fowler
2018 Courtney Marsters
2017 Jane Davis and Courtney Marsters
2016 Betty Taylor
2015 Mary Elliman
2014 Sally Harvey and Wendy White
2013 Mary Elliman
2012 Cindy Scott & Janet Manning
2011 Wendy White and Janet Manning
2010 Bonnie Grenney and Sally Harvey
2009 Genie Waters
2008 Mrs. J. Kernan Weckbaugh
2007 Deborah Enoch Davis
2005 Mrs. Donald Elliman
2004 Mrs. Donald Elliman
2003 Mrs. Richard Garbe
2002 Mrs. William B. Harvey
2001 Mrs. Mackintosh Brown
2000 Mrs. Richard Hamman, Mrs. William B. Harvey, Mrs. Frank A. Kugeler
1999 Mrs. Hugh R. Overy
1998 Mrs. Lee Nelson
1997 Mrs. James M. Idema, Jr.
1996 Mrs. Richard Downing
1995 Mrs. Stephen S. Marsters
1994 Mrs. Richard Downing
1993 Mrs. Richard Hamman
1992 Mrs. J. Kernan Weckbaugh
1991 Mrs. Stephen S. Marsters
“Ladies of the Garden Club” Doll Award (Retired in 2006)
In August 2000, Mrs. J. Kenneth Malo, Jr. presented the Garden Club of Denver with a “Garden Club Lady” to be presented by the President to a member who brings “joy and happiness . . . someone we all know and love,” the intent of the artist.
2005 Mrs. Paul Grenney
2004 Mrs. Donald Elliman
2003 Mrs. Robert Zinn
2002 Mrs. Stephen L. Waters
2001 Mrs. William C. Jackson, Jr.
Spirit of 2006 Award
In honor of the spirit of 2006, it will be awarded to a committee of the Garden Club of Denver, which has performed extraordinarily well for the Club during its term.
2023 Floral Design Committee: Elizabeth Weigand, Lisa Duke and Martha Veldkamp
2022 Photography Committee: Deborah Foy & Suellen White
2021 Membership and Bylaws Committees: Margaret Garbe, Jane Davis and Sheilagh Hudon
2020 Steering Committee of the Shirley Meneice Horticulture Conference
2019 Photography Committee: Margaret Garbe, Sarah Grey, and Amy Mower
2018 Program Committee: Leslie Liedtke and Nancy Schotters
2017 Floral Design Committee: Lisa Duke and Nan Procknow
2016 Centennial Project Committee: Judy Grant, Courtney Marsters and Suellen White
2015 Website Task Force: Headed by Amy Quinn, Mary Elliman and Amy Mower
2014 Cutting Garden Committee: Co-chaired by Lainie Jackson, Genie Waters and Linda Zinn
2013 Conservation Committee: Co-chaired by Bar Chadwick and Carol Griesemer
2012 Horticulture Committee: Co-chaired by Missy Eliot and Tracy Zarlengo
2011 Nancy Clarke Luncheon Committee: Bea Taplin, Patty McConaty and Kay Malo
2010 Newsletter Editors: Angela Overy and Meg Nichols
2009 Bylaws Revision Committee: Sheilagh Hudon, Monty Kugeler, Marilyn Wilson, Debbie Davis and Lindsay Dodge
2008 Garden Design Committee Chaired by Judy Grant
2007 Auction Committee “Hidden Talents, Hidden Treasures”, chaired by Monty Kugeler and Mary Schaefer
2006 Garden Club of Denver
Photography Bowl
In 2004, a GCA Anniversary Bowl, once belonging to Mrs. Alonzo Lily, was given to GCD by her granddaughter. It was decided in 2007 that the bowl be presented at the Annual Meeting Flower Show to the best of show in photography.
2023 Mary Fowler
2022 Not Awarded
2021 Amy Mower
2020 No Competition
2019 Kathleen Woodberry
2018 Bonnie Grenney
2016 Cindy Scott and Amy Mower
2015 Amy Quinn
2014 Cindy Scott
2013 Angela Overy
2012 Suellen White
2011 Brooke Pruter
2010 Wendy White and Lindsay Dodge
2009 Angela Overy
2008 Katy Dickson and Margaret Garbe
2007 Leslie Cavness
The Florence Martin Cup
In 2012, a footed, silver urn was discovered at Waring House by Denver Botanic Gardens Staff. It bears the name of Florence Martin, a past member of the Garden Club of Denver. The Inscription reads:
“To Florence Martin from a few of her many friends in Denver.” On the back it also notes “New Friendships come, old friendships stay, which is stronger is hard to say. Love is not measured by the time that has passed. Florence is treasured, whether first or last.”
So beginning in 2012, The Florence Martin Cup will be awarded annually to a long- serving member of the Garden Club of Denver who has demonstrated unstinting generosity in the sharing of her friendship and her life’s store of knowledge with all members of the Club.
2023 Debbie Davis
2022 Sally Harvey
2021 Marilyn Wilson
2020 Sissy Gibson
2019 Hope Connors
2018 Angela Overy
2017 Tinka Kurtz
2016 Rhondda Grant
2015 Joanne Sinclaire
2014 Knobby Brown
2013 Bea Taplin
The Conservation Award
In 2000, a silver bowl was given to the Garden Club of Denver by Linda Roberts Zinn to be presented yearly, if appropriate, to a member or members for outstanding contribution to conservation.
2023 Lynn Dolven
2022 Sarah Alijani and Holley Sanford
2021 Amy Mower and Lise Woodard
2020 Debbie Davis, Mary Fowler and Barb Hamman for the SMHC Pre and Post Trips
2019 Nan Procknow
2018 Liz Walker and Deborah Foy
2017 Liza Grant
2016 Nancy Schotters
2015 Cindy Scott and Sally Obregon
2014 Bar Chadwick
2013 Cindy Scott
2012 Suellen White
2011 Barbara Hamman
2010 Margaret Brown
2009 Janet Manning
2007 Mrs. Robert Manning, Jr. and Mrs. Joseph Rassenfoss
2006 Mrs. Barbara Moore Rumsey
2004 Mrs. William Sinclaire
2002 Mrs. Dennis E. Baldwin
2001 Mrs. James B. Kurtz
2000 Mrs. Timothy Davis & Mrs. Kent Johnson
90th Birthday Honorary Citations (Retired)
2014 Bea Taplin
2011 Harriet Kelly
2008 Barbara Moore, Anne Weckbaugh, Prue Grant
Members Years of Service Certificate
2023 Rhondda Grant-50 years: Genie Waters-30 years: Linda Roberts Zinn-25 years
2022 Tinka Kurtz & Bea Taplin-55 years; Hope Connors-45 years: Kay Malo-40 years; Debbie Davis & Angela Overy-35 years
2021 Jane Davis-35 years & Ruth Hopfenbeck-50 years
2020-Nancy Downing, Ginny Freyer, Melanie Grant, Barb Hamman, Kay Malo, Susie Sheridan, Genie Waters-35 years
2019 Hope Connors, Joanne Sinclaire & Muffie Dahlberg-40 years
2018 Ruth Hopfenbeck-45 years, Rhondda Grant & Lainie Jackson-40 years
2017 Barbara Baldwin, Lorraine Higbie & Betty Taylor-45 years
2016 Knobby Brown, Tinka Kurtz, Bea Taplin-50 years
Garden Club of America Awards
2023 GCA Medal of Merit – Lindsay Dodge
2023 GCA Conservation Award – Suellen White