Looking for some green for your college tuition? Let the Seaside Gardeners of Squantum hook you up! Apply for two scholarship programs available from the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. Act quickly!
Deadline for applications is March 1, 2013.
The GCFM is currently accepting scholarship applications for 11 different scholarships.
The deadline for submitting applications is March 1, 2013.
Applications, financial aid forms and scholarship descriptions can be downloaded from the GCFM website.
- be high school seniors, college students, or graduate students,
- be majoring in agronomy, biology, botany, city planning, conservation, environmental studies, floriculture, forestry, horticulture, land management, landscape design, and allied subjects,
- be residents of Massachusetts,
- have a minimum grade average of B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale),
- exhibit good character, and
- demonstrate financial need.
- Three of the scholarships require that the student attend the University of Massachusetts, while the rest are unrestricted.
2. National Garden Club Scholarships
Every year National Garden Clubs awards additional scholarships of $3,500 each.
Students wishing to apply for NGC scholarships should also apply for the GCFM scholarships.
The deadline for submitting NGC applications is also March 1, 2013.
For scholarship details, eligibility requirements, and links to applications,
visit the NGC website.
- be Massachusetts college juniors, seniors, and masters graduate students who are sponsored by GCFM,
- have at least a 3.25 GPA (on a 4.0-point scale),
- and be majoring in agriculture education, agronomy, botany, biology, city (rural and urban) planning, economics, environmental conservation, floriculture, forestry, horticulture, land management, landscape design, plant pathology/science, wildlife science, and/or other related or allied subjects.
For further inquiries, please contact the GCFM Scholarship Secretary Kathie Jones by email at gcfmscholarship@aol.com or call 413-458-2886.
About the GCFM
The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, which operates under the auspices of National Garden Clubs, Inc., is a service organization made up of 190 clubs throughout the Commonwealth, with a membership of 12,000 dedicated to education in, and appreciation of, horticulture, landscape and floral design, gardening, and environmental concerns. In many, if not most, communities, garden clubs are the principal force behind beautifying and improving public spaces and decorating public buildings for the holidays and summertime.