She is a docent at a public native plant garden. She wrote an activity guide for that California native plants garden plus several other articles on plant adaptations and lichens. Winston’s interactive children’s exhibit on lichens for the annual California Lichen Society’s display at the San Francisco Mycological Society’s Fungus Fair is so popular that it is repeated annually as well as presented at the University of California, Berkeley’s Jepson Herbarium. In January 2014, she received the Ramalina menziesii Award for promoting the appreciation, conservation, and study of California lichens.