The Garden Club of Orange received notification on Jan. 8 from the Kellogg Environmental Center and Osborne Homestead Museum in Debry that the club had been declared winners in four design categories in the decorating of the museum during the 2016-2019 Christmas holiday season displays.
The club garnered the following awards: first place in the category of Favorite Whimsical Decoration for “Hummingbirds in Nature’s Friends Holiday” in 2019; second place in the category of Favorite Decorated Dining Room for “Snow White & 7 Dwarfs in Storybook Holiday” in 2018; second place in the category of Favorite Decorated Front Bathtub for “Hummingbirds in Nature’s Friends Holiday” in 2019; and third place in the category of Favorite Solarium Tree for “Aquamarine/March in a Sparking Holiday” in 2016.
The giveaway prizes were the 2020 Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day Poster, Connecticut’s Historic Gardens notecards and Osborne Homestead Museum postcards. The display case at the High Plains Community Center will showcase throughout February some of the designs, pictures of the rooms and the awards given to the Garden Club of Orange.