District Service Awards

We joined rose societies for various reasons — the love of roses, learning to grow better roses, becoming better exhibitors and sharing our rose interests with new friends. Some individuals have the drive and ambition, or perhaps a sense of personal duty, to strive to do even more. They become the Local Society Leaders, Consulting Rosarians, Judges and Exceptional Service providers to the whole District. It’s these leaders who keep all levels of rose organizations going. These remarkable people have given freely of their time, effort and support to make the Deep South District the vital and enthusiastic organization it is. They can never be thanked enough. Fortunately, there have been ways established to recognize many of them.

Within the Deep South District, we have the Silver Medal Award (for outstanding service to the District), the Outstanding Consulting Rosarian Award (for outstanding service in the performance of CR functions), the Outstanding Judge Award (for outstanding service as a rose show judge), and the Anita Smith Outstanding Service Award (for exemplary service in the District) — given annually at the Mid Winter Meeting. Recipients of these awards are nominated from the field and selected by a committee of their peers. By Jeff Hoffman*, former DSD Historian