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Wayne Rhoden Excellence in Service Award

Wayne Rhoden Excellence in Service Award

Presented in Appreciation for Continued Leadership and Service to the Texas Master Gardener Association

Wayne Rhoden Award (renamed in 2024)

Sharie Lanza Award

  • 2022 Barbara Porsch, Permian Basin photo-3
  • 2021 Louie McDaniel, McLennan County photo-3
  • 2020 Wayne Rhoden, Williamson County
  • 2018 Donna Hagar, Somervell County photo-3
  • 2015 Brenda Cunningham, Denton County photo-3
  • 2013 Homer Babbitt, Parker County  YouTube homephoto-3
  • 2011 Ginger Bason, Tarrant County
  • 2008 Doug Richards, Hood County
  • 2007 Walter Daude, Bell County
  • 2005 Eleanor Tuck, Tarrant County
  • 2004 Marva Beck, Leon County
  • 2003 Anna Wygrys, Galveston County
  • 2001 Al Norris, Wichita County

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