Jean Thomas Ladson, the namesake for the Jean Ladson Outstanding Achievement Award that Capitol Hill Garden Club received this year from the Central Atlantic Region of National Garden Clubs, Inc., died November 1, 2010. She was an acclaimed floral designer and, from 1969 to 1971, president of National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. She lived in Islamorada, FL.
Her obituary is here and here.
Her obituary is here and here.