FCGC Honorary Members
Sally Foster
Carol Papas
Cris Scott
Bobbie Smith
Hannah Van Horn
Nancy Vincett
FCGC Fifty-Year Club Members
Dotty Beckwith
Marguerite Hannon, in memoriam
Lois Reuter
Mikell Schenk
Ruthanne Bauerle
Cynthia Lackey
Donna McLaughlin
Sarah Pfefferle
Carolyn Sanford
Jolie Schroeder
Weezie Walter
Susie Williams
The Fox Chapel Garden Club Inspiration Award was created in 2013 by Wendy Mitchell and Cris Scott to honor those members who inspire others by selflessly sharing their time and knowledge with our Fox Chapel Garden Club and their community.
2013 – Sally Foster
2015 - Marguerite Hannon
2017 - Rin Babson
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Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania
Rin Babson Sally Foster
National Garden Club, Inc.
Rin Babson Fritz Mitnick
Past Presidents of Phipps Garden Center
In 1933, the Fox Chapel Garden Club recognized a need for a centralized location to obtain and disseminate gardening information. Mrs. Nomer and Mrs. Meyer, FCGC President 1931-1936, met with members of local garden clubs and city council to create the Pittsburgh Civic Garden Center. From its beginning in 1935 until 1957, the Center had only three presidents – Mrs. Harold Nomer, Mrs. Augustus K. Oliver and Mrs. Robert Austen, all were FCGC members. The Pittsburgh Civic Garden Center is now known as Phipps Garden Center. It is one of the educational arms of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens – responsible for training our community about horticulture, conservation, and floral design. We honor these visionary women for recognizing the need to promote the art and science of gardening.
1931-36 Mrs. Albert Meyer 1936-38 Mrs. Harold Nomer 1938-40 Mrs. Flora Langenheim 1940-42 Mrs. Milton W. St. John 1942-44 Mrs. Edward J. McDonnell 1944-46 Mrs. Harold C. Meyer 1946-48 Mrs. Frank W. Succop 1948-50 Mrs. Ransom E. Somers 1950-52 Mrs. Harold L. Lang 1952-54 Mrs. Robert N. Austen 1954-56 Mrs. Charles T. Siebert, Jr. 1956-58 Mrs. Robert F. Edgar 1958-60 Mrs. Walter Toole 1960-62 Mrs. Richard H. Boyles 1962-64 Mrs. Alvin S. Riley 1964-66 Mrs. William G. Watson 1966-68 Mrs. Charles N. Fisher 1968-70 Mrs. Randle Brereton 1970-72 Mrs. Franklin D. Hoffman 1972-74 Mrs. I. Paul Glaser-Skalny 1974-76 Mrs. C. Talbott Hiteshew, Jr. 1976-78 Mrs. Henning Karlby 1978-80 Mrs. Merle E. Minks 1980-82 Mrs. James H. Worley, Jr. 1982-84 Mrs. Neil Y. Van Horn 1984-86 Mrs. John A. Byerly, Jr. 1986-88 Mrs. John W. Hannon 1988-90 Mrs. George F. Huff 1990-92 Mrs. John T. Hoover 1992-94 Mrs. James S. Pasman, Jr. 1994-96 Mrs. Walter A. Scott, III 1996-98 Mrs. D. Donald Foster, Jr. 1998-00 Mrs. William K. Vincett 2000-02 Mrs. Robert W. Kampmeinert 2002-04 Mrs. James F. Bauerle 2004-06 Mrs. Fritz Mitnick 2006-08 Mrs. Cece Miller 2008-10 Mrs. Corrine Babson 2010-12 Mrs. Carol Papas 2012-14 Mrs. Wendy Mitchell 2014-16 Mrs. Christine Bennett 2016-18 Mrs. Barbara Laswell
2018-20 Mrs. Susanna Hegnes
2020-22 Mrs. Robin Felton Baum
2022-23 Mrs. Christine Bennett and Mrs. Susanna Hegnes
2023- Mrs. Karel Ulizio
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.” Alfred Tennyson
Mrs. John F. Andrews Mrs. Robert N. Austen Mrs. Richard H. Boyles Mrs. John A. Byerly, Jr. Mrs. Robert F. Edgar Mrs. Richard Follansbee Mrs. Mary L. Gott Mrs. Charles L. Griswold
Mrs. Marguerite Hannon Mrs. Nancy Hoover Mrs. George F. Huff Mrs. John E. Jackson Mrs. Hugo C. Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Kendell F. Jones Mrs. Hanne Karlby Miss Flora E. Langenheim Miss Gertrude Langenheim Mrs. John W. Lawrence Mrs. Jean Marshall Mrs. Edward J. McDonnell Mrs. James B. McKillips Mrs. William A. Messer Mrs. Albert P. Meyer Mrs. Harold A. Nomer Mrs. Augustus K. Oliver Mrs. Jane Pasman Mrs. J. Lewis Scott (Ruth) Mrs. Kathy Toole
Mrs. Elizabeth Worley Mrs. John C. Zimmerman