Golden Trowel Award
Golden Trowel award winners are those Master Gardeners that have been nominated by their fellow MGs or by staff for their outstanding work and service to the MG program in the previous year. Because we have so many volunteers, we do not repeat the award to the same person more often than 5 years apart.
| Year | Award Winners | |
| 2023 | Deb Anderson | Randy Bottorff |
| LaTisha Burns | Sarah Cooper | |
| Lisa Folds | Diane Gossen | |
| Kim Hetzel | Sawny Klaassen | |
| Lori Lohrenz | Janice Rich | |
| Patty Rosenhagen | Bill Simon | |
| Sherry Skinner | Kathy Strattman | |
| Debra West | ||
| 2022 | Che Yim | Diana Luther |
| Janet Odell | Janet Wollmann | |
| Josh Mostowitz | Karla Wisdom | |
| MaraLou Rhodes | Mike Jolly | |
| Nancy Hammergren-Johnson | Randy Hall | |
| Sharie Quattlebaum | Sharon Moser | |
| Susan Monette | ||
| 2021 | Charlie Austin | Karla Jahn |
| Lynn Campbell-Behnke | Kevin Madden | |
| Dea Deutsch | Marsha Meili | |
| Velda Fresquez-Gray | Jean Nance | |
| Debra Harries | Bonnie Wheeler | |
| Kathy Huschka | ||
| 2020 | Bruce Chapman | David Odell |
| Rene Dysart | Pam Pavlick | |
| Dick Elder | Jerry Streit | |
| Helen Goering | Valorie White | |
| Lisa LaRue | Kay Wulf | |
| Patty Marlett | ||
| 2019 | Ilene Covey | Jim Kaiser |
| Floanna Crowley | Laura Knight | |
| Diane Dorsch | Margo McDonald | |
| Jim Hutchinson | Euel Reed | |
| Charisse Kahler | Emily Ximinez | |
| 2018 | Marcia Alter | Nancy Benefiel |
| Judy Dickinson | Maureen Holt | |
| Ray Holt | Mark Koehn | |
| Tim Reimer | Mary Singleton | |
| Donnah Taylor | Judy Tector | |
| LaDonna Williams | Donna Wise | |
| 2017 | Nancy Chalmers | Dennice Craig |
| Carol French | Randy Friese | |
| Jodi Geiser | Jim Helmick | |
| Steve Kaune | Barbara Nickelson | |
| Janice Sroufe | Carol Webb | |
| Robbie Wellemeyer | ||
| 2016 | Larry Bookless | Randy Bottorff |
| Sam Bushnell | Bernita Jones | |
| Eugene Kaufman | Diane Madden | |
| Cindy Paolucci | Debbie Plagmann | |
| Betsy Redfield | Dee Roll | |
| Karen Sanders-West | Jerry Streit | |
| Glenn Wiens | Sid Wise | |
| 2015 | LuAnne Duhnke | Linda Martsolf |
| Connie Gaston | Donnah Taylor | |
| Hugh Nicks | Phil Thengvall | |
| Barney Barnhard | Charlene Gonzalez | |
| 2014 | Peggy Griffith | Kathy Huschka |
| Karri Johnson | Harelda Goldston | |
| Butch Ewing | Nancy Dillon | |
| Bill & Kathy Ethridge | Susan Havener | |
| Stephanie Sanders | Cindy McWilliams | |
| Everett Price | ||
| 2013 | Betsy Latta | Dee Hennette |
| Dick Elder | Jan Brotman | |
| Joan Fox | Linda Shea | |
| Ron Williams | Sawny Klaassen | |
| Nancy Garrett | ||
| 2012 | Don Allison | Sharon Anderson |
| Mary Espinoza | Jack Hezlep | |
| Norma Kemp | Jan Longhofer | |
| Reg Sackreiter | Charlene Schneider | |
| Mary Sue Smith | Darwin Welch | |
| Gary Weller | ||
| 2011 | Linda Courtney | DeAun Johnson |
| Diane Dorsch | Butch Ewing | |
| Jodi Gieser | Sandra McFall | |
| Everett Price | David Thomas | |
| 2010 | Beverly Moore | Dee Roll |
| Floanna Crowley | Ilene Ruggles | |
| Janice Boone | Jerry Streit | |
| Lin Dirks | Sam Bushnell | |
| 2009 | Doyle Vaughn | Don Wells |
| Sue Holewa | Bob Potillo | |
| DeeAnne Fahnestock | Diana Shaughnessy | |
| 2008 | Cindy Vadakin | Jane Farris |
| Jean Lawyer | Terri Marsh | |
| Mary Jane Roper | ||
| 2007 | Ann Graham | |
| 2006 | Kathy Bagwell | Virginia Sanders |
| 2005 | Linda Courtney | DeAun Johnson |
| Carol Harrison | John Stone | |
| 2004 | Rhonda Hayes | Angie Norris |
| Gene Scheer | Mike Martin | |
| Darwin Welch | ||
| 2003 | Charlene Schneider | Marcia Alter |
| Dick Rumsey | Karen John | |
| Dave Hubbard | John Stone |