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NHGC Presents National Garden Club Poetry Contest Winners
10/17/2019 12:01 AM EST •
10/17/2019 12:05 AM EST
North Haven Garden Club ran a poetry contest in conjunction with the National Garden Clubs’ poetry theme for 2018-’19, “Pop Goes the Seed.” Two of the poems entered in the North Haven contest that were passed on to Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut and then to National Garden Clubs for final judging won the national contest. Student Jessica Haeckel won first place for 5th grade and Holly Begin won for the 7th grade. In total there were five poems submitted in each age category. All who won at the North Haven Garden Club received a beautiful certificate and gift from Federated Garden Club Youth Chair Dottie Fox.