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Master Gardener of the Year*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1996: Fred and Patricia Paige*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997: Anna Nolen *<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998: Shirley Chrisman \/ Elizabeth Daniel *<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999: Roxanne Spoonable*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000: Scott Fitch*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001: Jean Hadley*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002: Angela Bridges*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003: Colleen Garrabrandt*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004:  Patricia Paige<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005: Sandi Rousseau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006: John Ihle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007: Dede Garcia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008:  Anne Saxby \/ Rita Saling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: Cindy Collins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010: Kathy McGregor \/ Jennifer Harty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011: Jordan Kim<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012: Eric and Shari Bosler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: Nancy Slagle \/ Mary Parrott<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: John Stevens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: Audrey Schneider<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016: Kathy Lien \/ Laurel DeTar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Bud Lacey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018: Sandi Rousseau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019:    Eric Bosler \u2026. also \u2018State MG of the Year\u2019 recipient <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020:  Christie Bradley \/ Renee Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:    Joanne Willis \/ Bill Winfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:    Sandy Montag<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023:    Anne Gehrig<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024:    Tracy Willett \/ Margo Dameier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Behind the Scenes\u2019 Master Gardener of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002: Fred and Patricia Paige<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005: Scott Fitch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007: Glenda Ryan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: Pam Crider<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011: Alan Yenne \/ Laurel DeTar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012: Dennis Carlson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: Christie Bradley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: Crystal Pickerd \/ Leanne Hogie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: Ellen Penswick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016: Becki Montgomery \/ Helga Reese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Sandy Montag<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018: Lj Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019:    Margo Dameier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Anne Saxby \/ Shari Bosler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:    CJ Flick \/ Camille Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:    Paul Matalucci \/ Linda Kaufman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023:    Joanne Willis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024:    Helga Reese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden Trowel Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: Colleen Garrabrandt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010: No recipient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011: Scott Fitch \/ John Ihle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012: Dede Garcia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: Dennis Carlson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: Kathy Lien<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016:  No recipient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Sylvianne Whiting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018: Tracy Willett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019: Joanne Willis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Kelly Sullivan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:    No recipient\/no new class<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:    Kelsey Soltysiak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023: Mike Naramore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: Kat Sullivan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Hood River County and Wasco County were originally combined as the Columbia Gorge Master Gardener Association.  In 2005 Hood River County formed the Central Gorge Master Gardener Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impact Award \/ Projects Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:  Pat Morrison, Ellen Penswick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:  Sandi Rousseau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023:  Tracy Willett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: Norma Benson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Outreach Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:  Elaine Johnson, Anny VanNatta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:  Dennis Carlson, Leanne Hogie, Kathy McGregor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023:  No recipient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: Wyeast Vista garden team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Services Award (Hero)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:  Chuck Bugge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:  Nancy Slagle, Bill Sturman, Parkdale Garden Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023:  Klahre House Alternative School Students and Staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: Jack Brennan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plant Clinic Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:  Linda Kaufman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:  No recipient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023:  Kelsey Soltysiak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: no recipient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter Educator Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:  Jewel McKenzie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:  Eric Bosler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023:  Rachael Pirkowski, Anne Gehrig, Jim Black<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: Jennifer Harty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communications Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021:  Paul Matalucci, Deb Traver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022:  Margo Dameier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023:  No recipient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: Shari Bosler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Master Gardener of the Year* 1996: Fred and Patricia Paige* 1997: Anna Nolen * 1998: Shirley Chrisman \/ Elizabeth Daniel * 1999: Roxanne Spoonable* 2000: Scott Fitch* 2001: Jean Hadley* 2002: Angela Bridges* 2003: Colleen Garrabrandt* 2004:  Patricia Paige 2005: Sandi Rousseau 2006: John Ihle 2007: Dede Garcia 2008:  Anne Saxby \/ Rita Saling 2009: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-page"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralgorgemga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}