2002 Garden Crusader Awards

Crusader Jill Jones helped create several gardens that now provide more than 800 pounds of free produce each year.

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated for the 2002 Garden Crusader Award. We were impressed with the quality of nominations and the amazing ways that people are creating gardens that provide fresh food, clean up urban areas, educate a neighborhood and spark change.

The judges for 2002 were:

Zazel Loven, Country Living Gardener
Rebecca Kolls, Rebecca's Garden
Bruce Butterfield, National Gardening Association
Gerard Lordahl, president, American Community Gardening Association

The 2002 Grand Prize and First Place winners were featured in our spring 2003 catalog and in several national publications. Awards total $8,000 in cash and products. To learn more about these very special gardens, seel the list below:

BEAUTIFICATION
First Place
Cynthia Nibbelink Worley
New York, N.Y.
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Second Place
Paul Naccachian
Azusa, Calif.

Third Place
Dwight Stanfield
Newton, Iowa

URBAN RENEWAL
First Place
Jill Jones
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Second Place
Julian Sodari
Phoenix, Ariz.

Third Place
Randy Gilson
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Second Place
Doug Shorey
Baker City, Ore.

Third Place
Martha Deichler
Chula Vista, Calif.

FEEDING THE HUNGRY
First Place
Roberta Hayes
Roxbury, Mass.
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Second Place
John Morton
Indianapolis, Ind.

Third Place
Amanda Vanhoozier
Copell, Tex.