2009 Running on Empty

Mary Lee has been a garden club member for over 55 years. As her family moved all over Ohio she launched new garden clubs. She initiated a design series for the Dawes Arboretum. Currently she is an accredited flower show judge for the Ohio Association, serving as an instructor in design at schools for Exhibitors and Judges. She provides programs, workshops and enters flower shows She writes a weekly newspaper column titled "Over the Garden Fence" and holds together two junior garden clubs, a 38-year endeavor. For many years she has provided designs for the Ohio State Fair, her own Crawford County Fair and recently the North West Ohio Gladiola Show at Lakeside. She spent 30 years teaching elementary school.