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Master Gardener volunteers receiving award plaque.

Dr. David Gibby, founder of the Extension Master Gardener program, presents the 2019 Search for Excellence award to EMG program representatives from Guilford County for their crevice garden project.

The Search for Excellence (SFE) program recognizes outstanding Extension Master Gardener (EMG) volunteer group projects that result in significant learning by the public or EMG volunteers in these seven categories:

  • Youth Programs
  • Demonstration Garden
  • Workshop or Presentation
  • Community Service
  • Innovative Projects
  • Special Need Audiences (Senior, Disabled, Therapeutic, etc.)
  • Research (applied scientific methodology)

EMG volunteers in North Carolina may participate in the Search for Excellence program at two levels:

  • NC State EMG Search for Excellence, the recognition program for EMG volunteer work throughout North Carolina. Last held in 2020, this program is currently being restructured to make it more inclusive and representative of EMG volunteer work throughout North Carolina.
  • International Master Gardener Search for Excellence (aka David Gibby Search for Excellence), the recognition program for EMG volunteer work throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and South Korea, is offered every other year in odd years, in conjunctions with the International Master Gardener Conference.

Past Recipients

2023
International Master Gardener (IMG) Search for Excellence 

Congratulations to EMG volunteers in Durham county for their awards in the IMG Search for Excellence! Learn more about their projects:

2022
The SFE program was not held in 2022 due to limitations COVID imposed on EMG activities in 2020-2021 and based on feedback from past participants that the program needs to be restructured to be more inclusive of a wider range of EMG volunteer efforts across the state.

2021
International Master Gardener Search for Excellence 

Congratulations to EMG volunteers in Orange and Durham counties for their 1st place awards in the IMG Search for Excellence! Learn more about their projects:

2020
NC EMG Search for Excellence
Article  |  Celebration webinar

2019
NC EMG Search for Excellence

Article  |  Celebration webinar
2019 summary of projects

International Master Gardener Search for Excellence
Congratulations to EMG volunteers in Guilford and Dare counties for their 1st place awards in the IMG Search for Excellence for the following projects:

  • Crevice Garden – Guilford County, 1st place, Demonstration Garden category
  • Speakers Bureau  – Dare County, 1st place, Presentation or Workshop category

2018
NC EMG Search for Excellence

2018 summary of projects  |  Celebration webinar


Additional Information:

Search for Excellence YouTube playlist
Articles about SFE projects
Recipients by year/county
 (Google Sheet)