Bud Winsor Receives Garden Club of America Award

Bud Winsor (Physical Plant) received the Garden Club of America’s prestigious Club Civic Improvement Commendation at the annual meeting of the Monadnock Garden Club on October 21. He was recognized for more than 30 years of experience as a horticultural professional in the Keene area and for his excellent contributions to the City of Keene as assistant director of the Physical Plant at Keene State College for the past 16 years.

The Keene State campus is open to the public and is a horticultural destination, attracting people from the region who regularly visit and stroll through the KSC Arboretum. Winsor helped create the KSC Arboretum brochure (available as guides for visitors to the campus), which documents the biodiversity of campus plants. He conducts field tours for grade-school students and has travelled with his staff to give a presentation titled “Creating a Sense of Place.”

Winsor was also cited for professional development of his staff. Each of the 13 college employees he supervises is assigned a particular zone on the 180-acre campus, and he emphasizes continuing education for his staff. He also supervises many part-time KSC students, helping them to appreciate landscaping and design as both an art and a science.