ANNOUNCING THE 2026 WINNERS
Tennessee Portion of the Smokey Bear Woodsy Owl National Poster Contest
Chair: Phyllis Allen
Fifth Grade
1st : Lucy Mizener, McFadden School of Excellence, Murfreesboro,TN, The Optimistic Gardener’s Club
2nd: Muhammad Jamal, Southwind Elementary, Memphis, TN, Southwind Garden Club
3rd: Isabella McGregory, Cordova Elementary, Memphis, TN, Cordova Garden Club
Fourth Grade
1st: Ruth Zhang, Farmington Elementary, Germantown, TN, Suburban Garden Club
2nd: Aliyah Christopher, Southwind Elementary, Memphis, TN, Southwind Garden Club
3rd: Hailey Stukenborg,Holy Family Academy, Cordova,TN, Poplar Estates GardenClub
Third Grade
1st: Sara Nguyen, Southwind Elementary, Memphis, TN, Southwind Garden Club
2nd: Jada Watson, Dogwood Elementary, Germantown, TN, Germantown Garden Club
3rd: Bransyn Limbaugh, Huntland Schools, Huntland, TN, Franklin County Garden Club
Second Grade
1st: Ava Whitsett, Farmington Elementary, Germantown, TN, Suburban Garden Club
2nd: Luna Gonzales, Southwind Elementary, Memphis, TN, Southwind Garden Club
3rd: Annalise Chu, Dogwood Elementary, Germantown, TN, Germantown Garden Club
First Grade
1st: Amelia Fernandez, DogwoodElementary,Germantown,TN,GermantownGardenClub
2nd: Logan Davis, Southwind Elementary, Memphis,TN, Southwind Garden Club
3rd: Thomas Morrison, Holy Family Academy, Cordova,TN, Poplar Estates Garden Club
There were 981 students contacted in 13 pubic schools and 1 youth organization in Tennessee with 68 posters produced for judging, yielding 15 winners in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in Grades 1-5.
Congratulations to the winning students, schools and garden clubs
Thank you to the 9 TFGC participating garden clubs across the state of Tennessee for working with elementary students in your neighborhood schools to produce posters for this national poster contest.
Please print out the participation certificate online at www.gardenclub.org: Smokey Bear contest to fill out and give to all students who submitted posters. I have the official winning TFGC award certificates and will get them to you before the end of the school year.
The posters of the 1st place winners listed above were sent to the Deep South poster contest chair, Mary Ogden. Mary has not released the Deep South winners as of this date.
Thank you to Chapman Highway and Paris Garden Clubs for also participating and sending posters.
