Awards

The District Service Award

This engraved wooden plaque is provided by the Ontario Horticultural Association. One nomination may be made each year by each Society within a District to the District director in a letter giving full details of the nominee's qualifications. From these nominations, the District executive may select one award winner per year. The name of the recipient and the date of presentation are to be submitted to the Association secretary by the District director at least four months before the award is to be presented.

Criteria for candidate selection are:

1. An individual who has given effective service to a Society or District, preferably for a minimum of 15 years

2. An individual who has given extensive service to horticulture, apart from participation in horticultural Societies

3. A Society or organization that has undertaken and completed a special project in horticulture

4. A Society or organization that has made a special accomplishment

Here are past recipients of the District 16 Service Award:

1974 Dr. R. E. Ives
1985 Wyman Jacques
1988 Jeanette Duggan
1989 Edna Caldwell
1990 Bill Marwick and Marjorie Bell
1991 Wilbur Laking
1993 Sadie M. Sander
1994 Jean Lay
1995 Ann Bulman
1996 Canon John Speers
1997 Nancy Bumstead
1998 Kevin Healey
1999 Jytte Merkley
2000 Hazel Johanssen
2001 Marie Kidd
2002 Marlene Hawkins
2003 Mona Boyd
2004 Ken Phipps
2006 Mike Dunk

To find out more about OHA awards, go to the Resources Page

Membership Tray

The Membership Tray is awarded at the Spring AGM to the Society with the greatest percentage increase of membership. Data is taken from the Annual Society Reports for the previous year.

2000 -- Painswick
2001 -- not known
2002 -- Painswick
2003 -- not known
2004 -- Midland
2005 -- Tottenham
2006 -- Tottenham
2007 -- Oro-Medonte
2008 -- Penetanguishene

Edna Caldwell Award

The Edna Caldwell Community Improvement Award is awarded at the Fall Seminar to a District 16 society for a winning project of community improvement. Judged as for Cox Trophy (see below)

Entries to be submitted to District Director or District Secretary before July 31.

Helen & Earl Cox Trophy

This trophy is awarded at the Fall Seminar
It is presented to the society that promoted or undertook the most outstanding Horticultural Project in Education, Beautification, or Civic Betterment.

Entries to be submitted to District Director or District Secretary before July 31.

Dr. Raymond E. Ives Horticultural Fund Award

District 16 cares about the future of horticulture in Simcoe County. This award is funded by all societies in the district. Each society contributes to the fund at the same time as the annual district fees are paid. The amount collected is added to the investment of the fund. The interest from the investment is awarded each year to students from District 16 who are accepted for Post Secondary Horticultural Studies in courses of 2 years or longer at a university or college.

This fund is administered and annual awards are decided by the Dr. Ives Award Committee. Chair of that committee is Linda Peacock.

Awards Societies Can Give

Members are the backbone of our societies. It's nice to tell our members that their volunteer time is appreciated. Consider issuing one of the following awards at your next AGM.

Service Certificate
Life Membership
Society's President's Award

For information and criteria for these awards, see the Awards Booklet available from the Resources Page.

To download a copy of the Service Certificate application form, go here

Special Projects

Assistance from the Ontario Horticultural Association to societies is available for special projects.

Ten awards of up to $500 are awarded per year by a special committee of the OHA.

To apply, download the special project form, make out the first page and do include pictures if possible

Get the form to your District Director by February 28 so that it can be included in the package for the special project judges committee.

You can see and download the form from this location.