Webster County Master Gardeners received the 2018 Search for Excellence award for their work in the youth garden category, in which they partnered with local 4-H clubs to tend to the historic Frontier Garden at the Fort Museum in Fort Dodge. In the process, the Master Gardeners were able to teach gardening and the history of gardening to 4-H members in Webster County. As part of the project, Master Gardeners talked to visitors at the Fort Museum about growing and preserving food in the 1850s while researching and finding varieties of plants to grow that represent a garden in the 1850s. This project is a great collaboration between Master Gardeners and 4-H. The Search for Excellence award is given annually by the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. John Bonner, Master Gardner, stands with Sidney Lowry, Sasha Hess and Olivia Mitchell as they receive the 2018 Search for Excellence Awards.