Best garden winners

​2020 best garden winners

These gardeners received awards for their work in their plots in 2020. Thank you to our winners for their contributions to the gardens!

Dale May Memorial Award for Best Garden
Rose Cameron (O4) and Patty Enneking (N4)
Said the judges: This exemplifies the spirit of cooperative gardening with shared mutual support for two beautiful, well-designed and well-maintained gardens.

Best Vegetable Garden 
1. Gene Steuerle (E5)
Said the judges: nicely designed, clean, planted with fall crops
2. Elizabeth and William Madden (H7)
3. Dona Lee and Sharon Vannucci for planting and tending Julie Parsons’ plot (L7)

Best Flower Garden
1. Antonella Pianalto (N3)
Said the judges: cute cut-and-come-again garden
 2. Tyler Perez (H8)
 3. Rose Cameron (O4)

Best Combination Garden
1. Kathryn Long (K7)
2. Jill Thompson (L9)
3. Deborah Levi (M9)
 
Best Garden Design
1. Sarah Woodhouse (A2)
2. Mimi Murphy (Q5)
3. Roz Bellis, with a special thanks to Suzanne Strohl for maintaining it in Roz’s absence (D5)

Best Maintained Garden 
1. Erin Rose Feeley (G7)
2. Faatimah Muhammad (Q6)
3. Ed Mensh (H2)

Best Pollinator Garden
1. Doug and Susanne Siegel (M7)
2. Antonella Pianalto (N3)
3. Dona Lee and Sharon Vannucci for planting and tending Julie Parsons’ plot (L7)

Best Fruit:
1. Libby Good (J5)
2. Anne Saul K9)
3. Kurmit Rockwell (V6)

Best Garden in the Face of Adversity
1. Patrick and Debbie Heck (I2)
Said the judges: Because sometimes you just have to start over.
2. Elizabeth Charles (O3)
Said the judges: Vertical space saving techniques
3. John Fitch (W1)
Said the judges: Making the most of a low shady garden. 

Most Unique Plantings
1. Kousik Ahmed (H1)
2. Libby Good (J5)
3. Jahid and Helen Rahman (N7)

Most Productive by Weight
Andy Bily (S7)

Good Neighbor Safety Award:
Said the judges: All are cited for good pathway maintenance
1. Chelsea Eickert (G2)  
2. Richard Dorrier (T8)
3. Maura Burns (T2)

Photos of some of our 2020 best gardens