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MONARCHS ACROSS GEORGIA
Awards

Monarchs Across Georgia gives two annual awards: the Service Award and the  Pollinator Habitat Award. A donation to the ​Monarch Butterfly Fund is made in the name of our award recipients. Nominations for both awards are due by February 1, 2021. The awards will be presented at EEA's Annual Conference in March 2021.
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Pollinator Habitat Award

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The nominee for this award must be a Monarchs Across Georgia-certified Pollinator Habitat that goes above and beyond the minimum certification requirements and has been certified for at least three years. For this year's nominations, your habitat must have been certified in 2018 or earlier.

Nomination Instructions
  1. Nomination Form.  Nominations for this award are only accepted online. To make it easier to complete the online form, first download this Nomination Form TEMPLATE in MS-Word. It includes all the questions from the online form. After completing it, you can simply cut and paste your answers into the online form. You can also save the Word template so you have a copy of your nomination answers.
  2. Plant List.  Submit a list of the current plants (genus and species) in the habitat, their bloom season(s), and the approximate number of each, indicating if they are a host and/or nectar/pollen source. Complete this Plant List Spreadsheet and email it to mag@eealliance.org. 
  3. Photos.  Submit three photos: (1) one of the pollinator habitat, (2) one example of your plant identification method, and (3) one example of your educational signage. Email them to mag@eealliance.org, labeled with the nominee's name, award type (habitat or service), and number (e.g., Cary, Habitat, 1)

View the rubric that the committee will use to evaluate Pollinator Habitat Award nominees.

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Service Award

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This award recognizes significant contributions to monarch education, conservation, and/or habitat restoration in the state of Georgia. Two awards are available: one for an individual engaged in formal or non-formal education and one recognizing a facility.
  • View the list of the questions on the nomination form. Resources that are referenced are Monarch Butterflies and Georgia's Gardeners and Rearing Monarchs: Why or Why Not?
  • ​Email a photo of the nominee that is appropriate for use in an awards presentation to mag@eealliance.org.
  • View the rubric that the committee will use to evaluate Service Award nominees.

Service Award Nomination Form

Award Recipients

Habitat Award Winner 2018

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Karin Hicks is the owner of Southern Meadows, a private garden where they garden with a purpose, creating harmony with people, plants, and animals. "Since our main gardening goal is to educate, the garden is open to garden clubs, photographers, environmental groups, and the community to tour so we can share what we do in our garden to support pollinators, birds, and other native wildlife, while growing food to eat and creating a sustainable landscape," says Karin. "I also document and share our garden journey and native plant goodness on my blog, Southern Meadows."

They have been busy since certification in 2013, re-purposing lawn areas; removing invasive plants; and planting native trees, shrubs and flowering perennials that support pollinators and birds. Southern Meadows is home to native bee nesting sites, meadow gardens with native grasses and perennials to support pollinators through all seasons, host plants for native moths, a rain garden, and a shade garden planted with native trees, shrubs and perennials.

Karin participates in various citizen science programs, has over 30 native milkweeds, and incorporates numerous sustainability practices. Southern Meadows continues to grow as more land is purchased and reclaimed to support wildlife.

Service Award Winners

  • 2019 - Rose Barton, Hall County Master Gardener
  • 2018 - North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden
  • 2017 - Heather Alley and Lauren Muller, The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
  • 2016 - Jackie Sherry, Dunwoody Nature Center
  • 2015 - Stephanie Spencer, Briarlake Elementary & Kim Bailey, Milkweed Meadows Farm
  • 2014 - Trecia Neal, Fernbank Science Center
  • 2013 - Sharon McCullough, Morgan County Middle School
  • 2012 - Jenny Landrum, C.T. Walker Magnet School
  • 2011 - Vicki Culbreth, City of Roswell
  • 2010 - Chris and Chuck Stewart, Tapestry Greenhouse & Nursery, LLC
  • 2009 - Laurie Crooks, Stone Mountain Elementary
  • 2008 - Jennifer McCoy, Cobb County Watershed Stewardship
  • 2007 - Dexter Rhodes, Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc.                                
  • 2006 - Brenda Hunt, North Habersham Middle School
  • 2005 - Susan Meyers, Stone Mountain Memorial Association
  • 2004 - Mary Terry, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve; Karen Garland, Georgia Conservancy; Kim Kilgore, Arrowhead Environmental Education Center
  • 2003 - Margie Cline, Project Adventure, Rainbow Lake Campus; Z Ganaway, Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.; Anne Marie Glawe, R. L. Norton Elementary School; Claire Miller, The Oakhurst Community Garden; Ruth Pinson,  Armuchee Elementary School
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