2008
Honorary Chair
JoEllen Meyers Sharp
JoEllen Meyers Sharp is editor of Indiana Living Green magazine. She owns a freelance writing business and contributes to several publications, including the Indianapolis Business Journal, The Indianapolis Star, Angie's List magazine, the American Gardener and Greenhouse Grower. Co-author of the Indiana Gardener's Guide, she has been writing and speaking about natural gardening for more than 15 years.
JoEllen also consults on landscape projects and works retail every spring at an independent garden center. She is a director of the Garden Writers Association and serves on several not-for-profit boards in Indianapolis. Her knowledge of gardening and going green efforts will help to make Orchard In Bloom more environmentally informative and friendly.
Honorary Chairs From Past Years
2007 Honorary Chair: Patty Wilkins
2006 Honorary Chair: Judy O'Bannon
2005 Honorary Chair: John Schaust
2004 Honorary Chair: Marianne Williams Tobias '54
2003 Honorary Chair: Brent Moore
2002 Honorary Chair: Carolyn Humke
2001 Honorary Chair: Peg Sharples
2000 Honorary Chairs: Cathy Hurst and Nora Hiatt
1999 Honorary Chair: Fred Lorenz*
1998 Honorary Chair: Betsy Dustman
1997 Honorary Chair: Lucy Holliday Wick '40
1996 Honorary Chair: Jane Myers*
1995 Honorary Chair: Lisa Sutphin
1994 Honorary Chair: Jeanette Tarkington Stokely '33
1993 Honorary Chair: Allen Clowes '31*
*deceased