2001 Garden Crusader Awards

Complete List of Winners

Gardener's Supply created the the Garden Crusader Award to honor individuals who are using their love of gardening to make a difference in their community. For the first annual award, we received hundreds of nominations. These gardeners are working on a wide variety of wonderful projects in schools, churches neighborhoods and communities.

Choosing the winners was difficult, and we were inspired and moved by all of the stories. Here are the five top winners for 2001:

Grand Prize
Sean Phelan, Seattle, Wash.

Sean Phelan

Sean began gardening for the same reason most people do: to grow flowers and vegetables. But he soon discovered an even better reason to garden: community. Click here to read his story.

South Region
Jim Call, Huntsville, Ala.
Jim coordinates a 1/3-acre vegetable garden that helps elderly and homebound residents live independently. Click here to read his story

East Region
Gloria Luster, Baltimore, Md.
Gloria established the Gardens of Hope on 3 blocks of empty city lots which had been a haven for drug activity. Click here to read her story.

West Region
Scott Conner, Kirkland, Wash.
For a dozen years, Scott has taught organic gardening and composting classes to gardeners in the greater Seattle area. Click here to read his story

Midwest Region
Billy Mills, Chamberlain, S.D.
Billy helped launch a gardening program on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Click here to read his story.

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