Certificates of recognition are given four (4) times a year to residents who have
personally developed landscapes that enhance a season of the year
​and are easily seen from the street.   

The Green Thumb Awards Committee peruses the city streets
keeping an eye out for those yards that meets these criteria.

We place a large blue-ribbon sign, in their yard that gives appropriate recognition for their hard work. 

Club members attend the certificate presentation followed by a short owner-guided tour.​

The Green Thumb Committee is proud to present the 
Fall Green Thumb Award to Darlene and Lorenzo Portelli.
They have been beautifying their property for the past ten years. Their panoply of colorful beds and planters is set off by a welcoming wooden archway that Mr. Portelli built. Small trees and shrubs, including noninvasive butterfly bushes and several kinds of roses combine with annuals, perennials, sedums, and herbs in many cheerful colors, separated by bark mulch and gravel walkways. In the backyard are more planters with floriferous petunias and a small vegetable garden.