This prestigious award is given once a year to an AGC member who has gone above and beyond for the good of the club and community, demonstrating leadership and participation in extra activities.
2025 Member of the Year: Wilma Potter
Congratulations to Wilma Potter, this year's winner of the Roberta Lothian Member of the Year Award! Wilma helps lead AGC's Activities and Events Committee, which organizes special events such as the members only garden tours and the field trips to local nurseries and other places. She also plans and often hosts craft days and many of the work parties that create items to sell at our fundraising events, the annual Plant Sale and the Holiday Art & Crafts event. She is always the person who comes early and stays late.
Well-deserved! Thanks, Wilma for being such a hard-working and gracious member of the Arlington Garden Club.
The Member of the Year Award is announced at our June Fling luncheon.
2025 winner Wilma Potter (right) is presented the award from Bea Randall, the previous winner.
The award is named in honor of Roberta Lothian (1924 to 2009), a former president and long-term member of the Arlington Garden Club. She was renowned for being an active member of several garden club associations, both at the national and local level.
Her civic accomplishment included serving as the former president of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs (1991 to 1993). She was also active in the Mount Wheeler Grange and served on the board of the Arlington Library for a number of years.
After her husband passed away in 1980, Roberts, who was known as a talented floral arranger, became even more active in the Federation of Garden Clubs, serving as an Advisory Council member, Awards Chairman, Master Flower Show judge, Recording Secretary and Treasure.
Member of the Year Award winners:
The Roberta Lothian Member of the Year Award was first given in 2010.
Scroll down to view a list of other past recipients.
Our heartfelt thanks to all of these previous winners for their many contributions to the Arlington Garden Club.
And many thanks to all of our wonderful AGC members, who work so hard to support the club and its social and community service activities.
2024: Bea Randall
2023: Barbara Lindberg
2022: Tam Conrad
2021: Connie Gronning
2019: Karen Ricketts
2018: Carol Jacques
2017: Kitty Fitch
2016: Jack and Joyce Lybyer
2015: Judy Headrick
2014: Barb Woodward
2014: Mike Conner
2013: Judy Ness
2012: Tina Wilson
2011: Meg Jacobsen
2010: Jean Olson
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