Master Gardener of the Year
The Master Gardener of the Year is an award given to the individual Master Gardener who has gone above and beyond in his or her volunteer services. Nominations for this award are solicited in November of each year and voted on by members of the St. Louis Master Gardener organization. The announcement for MG of the Year is made at the annual holiday party in December.
Past St. Louis Master Gardeners of the Year include: Billie Beyer 1985, Frank Arnoldy 1987, Rienette Diller 1988, Marshall Magner 1989, Alma Reitz 1990, Maxine Schuler 1991, Ann Case 1992, John Stephens 1993, Christine Kurtz Fuerhoff 1994, Martha Ramey 1995, Herman Easterly 1996, Sandy Gregory 1997, Joyce Knobbe 1998, Andrea Schnapp 1999, Doris Johnston 2000, Jan Hermann 2001, James Teng 2002, Norma Holler 2003, Leon Zickrick 2004, Gordon Gosh 2005, Van Spurgeon 2006, Linda Kalicak 2007, Ron Stevens 2008, Connie Alwood 2009
We congratulate our 2009 Master Gardener of the Year !
52 East Cardigan
Ferguson, MO
Tel.: (314)524-8111
Email: calwood@sbcglobal.net
Connie has been a Master Gardener since 2004. He specializes in the relationship between plants and birds in the landscape. He is a co-author of 'Birds in the St. Louis Area: Where and When to Find Them'. He is a past member of the Master Gardener Advisory committee and the current chairman of the Master Gardener training committee. Connie has retired from a career in secondary education.
