GardenComm Fellow Honorees
A GardenComm Fellow is a member in good standing who has demonstrated exceptionally high degrees of skill, professional ethics and dedication to the objectives of GardenComm. Fellows are nominated by the membership, recommended by the Honors Committee and elected by the Board of Directors. Two Fellows may be named each year and self-nominations are welcome.
2024 Honoree - Andrea Whitely
Andrea Whitely is a well-known Perth-based garden consultant. As well as designing and installing new gardens, she completes garden renovations and takes care of a suite of gardens in her maintenance program, sourcing and delivering plants from all over Western Australia for her clients. Andrea has been a GardenComm member since 2015 and a regional director since 2017. She worked on the rebranding of Garden Writers Association to become Garden Communicators International. She has attended every face-to-face GardenComm conference since 2015 and the virtual ones during the pandemic. She is also a member of the Horticulture Media Association of Australia and was a member of the Western Australia branch committee of the Australian Garden History Society. She’s an award-winning garden blogger, has been a guest on garden radio shows and podcasts, and has contributed words and photography to many industry-based magazines, websites, and books.
2024 Honoree - Charlie Nardozzi
Charlie Nardozzi is a regional Emmy-award winning, nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, radio, and television personality. He has worked for more than 30 years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, talks, tours, on-line, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun, and accessible to everyone. He has 3 radio shows in New England and a Gardening TV segment on the CBS affiliate station in Vermont. He's authored 7 garden books, and contributed gardening articles and blogs to magazines and websites, including National Gardening, Organic Gardening, Proven Winners and American Horticulturist. He's the head of the editorial board for the American Horticulturist magazine, is a consultant for many companies including Gardeners Supply and Velcro USA, and leads international garden tours. Charlie has served as a regional director at GardenComm and has worked on the awards committee.
Past Fellow Inductees
| Fellow | Year Honored |
| Mary Kate Mackey | 2023 |
| Nan Sterman | 2023 |
| Sally Cunningham | 2022 |
| Bill Johnson | 2022 |
| Maree Gaetani | 2021 |
| Carol Michel | 2021 |
| Mary B. Good | 2020 |
| Ellen Zachos | 2020 |
| Lois de Vries | 2019 |
| Pat Stone | 2019 |
| Dan Benarcik | 2018 |
| Peggy Ann Montgomery | 2018 |
| Betty Mackey | 2018 |
| Daniel Gasteiger | 2017 |
| Deb Wiley | 2017 |
| Renee Shepherd | 2016 |
| Jan Riggenbach | 2015 |
| Denny Schrock | 2015 |
| C.L. Fornari Stephanie Cohen |
2014 2014 |
| Felder Rushing | 2013 |
| Saxon Holt | 2012 |
| Anne Marie Van Nest | 2012 |
| Bob Tanem | 2011 |
| Richard Tracy | 2011 |
| Cathy Wilkinson Barash | 2010 |
| R. William Thomas | 2010 |
| Nona Wolfman Koivula | 2009 |
| David Ellis | 2008 |
| Marty Ross | 2008 |
| William Aldrich | 2007 |
| Maggie Oster | 2007 |
| Denise Cowie | 2006 |
| Alan & Linda Detrick | 2005 |
| Irene Virag | 2005 |
| Rose Marie Nichols McGee | 2004 |
| Mary Ellen Logee Ross | 2004 |
| Thomas Powell | 2003 |
| Frederick E. Roberts | 2003 |
| Brian Minter | 2002 |
| Douglas Jimerson | 2001 |
| Barbara Lawton | 2001 |
| Ken Druse | 2000 |
| Barbara Emerson | 1990 |
| David Tarrant | 2000 |
| Rosalind Creasy | 1999 |
| Jacqueline Hériteau | 1999 |
| Jeff Lowenfels | 1998 |
| Walter Chandoha | 1997 |
| Frances Tenenbaum | 1997 |
| Jean Byrne | 1996 |
| Larry & Anstace Esmonde-White | 1995 |
| Ed Hume | 1995 |
| Michael D. Smith | 1993 |
| Jane Price McKinnon | 1992 |
| Virginia Lewis Beatty | 1991 |
| Wil Jung | 1991 |
| Russell Morash | 1990 |
| George Elbert | 1989 |
| Theodore R. Marston | 1989 |
| George W. Waters | 1989 |
| Maggie Baylis | 1988 |
| Irma Bartell Dugan | 1988 |
| Joseph E. Howland | 1988 |
| James W. Wilson | 1988 |
| John E. Bryan | 1987 |
| Derek Fell | 1987 |
| Jane Pepper | 1987 |
| F. Gordon Foster | 1986 |
| Fred C. Galle | 1986 |
| Corinne W. Willard | 1986 |
| Lorraine M. Burgess | 1985 |
| Dr. Ray C. Allen | 1985 |
| Jeannette Lowe | 1985 |
| Everitt L. Miller | 1985 |
| Alice Upham Smith | 1984 |
| Wilbur Youngman | 1984 |
| M.C. "Lee" Goldman | 1983 |
| Elvin McDonald | 1983 |
| Frederick McGourty | 1983 |
| Paul F. Frese | 1982 |
| Clarence E. Lewis | 1982 |
| George W. Taloumis | 1982 |
| John E. Bradshaw | 1981 |
| John Burton Brimer | 1981 |
| Robert A. Nicholson | 1981 |
| G. "Doc" & Katy Abraham | 1979 |
| Alice W. Burlingame | 1979 |
| Roy Hay | 1979 |
| Margaret Herbst | 1979 |
| Dr. R. Miltion Carlton | 1977 |
| Gretchen Harshbarger | 1977 |
| Gordon B. Lloyd | 1977 |
| C. Gordon Milne | 1977 |
| Albert Wilson | 1977 |