Wanda Zahrt Garden Club of Indiana President

Dedicated to service and promoting interest in gardening, in 2024 Zahrt was awarded the NGC Member of Honor Award and the TGCI Honeywell Horticulture Award. She has been a member of the TGCI Board of Directors since 2011 and is a 15-year member of the Iris-Elm Garden Club of Winamac.

Her career background includes banking and business, having earned a B.S. in Business from Indiana University South Bend. For much of her career she worked at the family business and served in many roles. After 40-plus years, she began a “retirement career” by getting back to her roots of gardening. She grew up on a small farm in East Tennessee and is not a stranger to vegetable and flower gardens - "mostly weeding."

Zahrt is the third elected Garden Club of Indiana president from Winamac. She follows Mrs. E. C. Gorrell (1938-1942) and Marie Richter Potts (1984-1986).

She and her husband David live in Winamac. He is also on the board of directors as the TGCI Scholarship Chairman, 2025-27 and treasurer. The couple have one daughter, Leeann Wright, who with her husband, Steven, and daughter, Nova Mae, also live in Winamac.

The Garden Club of Indiana, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization formed in 1930, and a member of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. With 47 clubs across the state, TGCI’s mission is to promote interest and education in horticulture, landscaping, floral design and environmental concerns. For more information, visit their website at GardenClubofIndiana.org.

Iris-Elm Garden Club members who attended the 93rd Garden Club of Indiana Convention at the Embassy Suites in Indianapolis April 9-10 were (seated l-r) Carolyn Karstens, Karla Johnson and Pam Rausch; and (standing) David Zahrt, Wanda Zahrt and Judy Alexander.