Washington Parks & People
hosted its annual Community Harvest celebration on November 15, 2018. As part
of this annual celebration, Washington Parks & People honors community
partners and leaders that go above and beyond in raising awareness for the importance
of parks, sustainability and the overall people/nature-based connection. I was
most honored to have been selected as one of WP&P’s outstanding community
members for the work through Plants and Blooms ReImagined – using sustainable
practices of post-event floral recovery (several of which from The Josephine
Butler Center, out of which Washington Parks and People operates and manages) to cultivate
indoor nature-based connections for those who experience significant barriers to
outdoor green space.
I would be remiss in accepting this award not to acknowledge the
venerable Josephine Butler. In the 60s,
70s, 80s and 90s, Ms. Butler was DC’s parks and people leading advocate, championing
healthy green space for all! Past and
present and future recipients to come are indebted to her lifelong service and
activism and pioneering work. 
