Gold Master Gardener Member Mary Simon

With great sadness, PCMGA announces the passing of Gold Master Gardener member Mary Simon. Mary became a member of PCMGA in 2004. She was the second person to chair the Gardening Show. Mary loved grass gardens, and she offered her garden one year as a PCMGA Garden Walk host. She maintained a gardening email list known as the "mudpuppy" list.

After several years as Gardening Show chairperson, she continued as the Show vendor coordinator. Mary attended many events in order to recruit vendors for the Gardening Show and she had a special relationship with returning vendors. Running the floor of the Show in her scooter, Mary was excited to reconnect in person with so many people! Mary was the key person in PCMGA to find vendors and continued to do so up to the day of her passing.

She will be greatly missed by her beloved husband Dick and certainly by many Master Gardeners who affectionately called her their friend. Rest in peace, dear Mary!

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