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Garden Club Scholarships
The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., continues to provide scholarships to deserving Georgia college students majoring in any garden-related subject in an accredited college or university in Georgia. Work Scholarships are also awarded to students for a designated number of hours to be worked at a public botanical garden.
Funding for scholarships is derived from many sources including the sale of engagement calendars, Life Memberships, the Patron of Scholarship program, donations, and special projects. Judging of recipients for the scholarships is based on need, scholastic record, character, initiative, and general attitude. The selection of the scholarship winners is made by the Scholarship Committee of the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Each year, the Scholarship committee tries to increase the number and size of the scholarships we award to our deserving students.
Applicants must be full-time students majoring in Agriculture Education, Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Design, Botany, Biology, Plant Pathology/Science, Forestry, Agronomy, Environmental Concerns, Environmental Conservation, Urban and Rural Planning, Wildlife Science, Habitat or Forest/Systems Ecology, Land Management and/or other garden related or allied subjects. Career goals must demonstrate objectives that are garden-related.
Applicants must have been a resident of Georgia for the past four years and must be enrolled at an accredited college or university in Georgia.
Download an application packet here. Or you may contact the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. for an application packet, detailed information and rules. Applications are available after January 1 and must be returned by March 1. Contact the Garden Club of Georgia State Headquarters for an application at 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA 30602-5817. You may also phone 706-227-5369 or e-mail our office from this page.
2009-10 Scholarship Recipients
| The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. continues in its commitment to the future of our state's young people and was deeply gratified in awarding over $100,000 during the past two years to deserving Georgia college students majoring in garden-related areas. The GCG Scholarship Committee expresses their appreciation for the generosity of those donors who established named scholarships to honor individuals, thereby providing important funding for education. The following students received scholarships: |
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| RECIPIENT |
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SCHOLARSHIP |
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AMOUNT |
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PROGRAM |
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LEVEL |
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| Matthew O'Meara |
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Mrs. T. Earle Taylor, Scholarship |
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$6,000 |
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UGA Environmental Economics and Management |
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Sophomore |
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| Steven D. Bell |
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Founders Memorial Scholarship |
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$3,500 |
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UGA Masters in Landscape Architecture |
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Graduate Student |
Elizabeth Neal Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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| Matthew Clay Brotzman |
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Hubert Bond Owens Scholarship |
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$5,000 |
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Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Landscape Design |
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Sophomore |
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| Helen Arnold Person |
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Cherokee Rose Scholarship |
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$3,000 |
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UGA Historic Preservation Graduate Program |
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Graduate Student |
Jim Loftis Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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| Clayton Hunt Dent |
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Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship |
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$2,500 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Junior |
Marguerite Symms Shaw Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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| Amber Christian Rolader |
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Brown Thrasher Scholarship |
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$1,500 |
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UGA Horticulture |
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Freshman |
Cassina Garden Club Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
The Laurel District Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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| Nathalie Marie Grant |
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Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship |
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$1,500 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Sophomore |
The Sara Lanier Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
The Rita Compher Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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| Philip Shippey |
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The Sara Lanier Scholarship |
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$2,100 |
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Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Landscape Design |
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Freshman |
The Garden Consultants of the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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| Katherine Martin McAlpin |
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Scholarship Honoring Garden Club of Georgia Presidents from Magnolia District |
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$3,000 |
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UGA Historic Preservation Graduate Program |
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Graduate Student |
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| Samantha Leigh Spitale |
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Donald H. (Tommy) Thompson Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Senior |
Redbud District Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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| Bradley Lane Hix |
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Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship |
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$1,500 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Junior |
The Azalea District Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
2008-09 Scholarship Recipients
| The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. continues in its commitment to the future of our State's young people and was deeply gratified in awarding a record $55,600, to sixteen deserving Georgia college students majoring in garden-related areas. The GCG Scholarship Committee expresses their appreciation for the generosity of those donors who established named scholarships to honor individuals, thereby providing important funding for education. The following students received scholarships: |
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| RECIPIENT |
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SCHOLARSHIP |
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AMOUNT |
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PROGRAM |
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LEVEL |
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| Derrick Eugene Lepard |
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Hubert Bond Owens Scholarship |
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$5,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Senior |
Delores (Dee) Logan Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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| Evelyn Felton |
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Mrs. T. Earle Taylor Scholarship |
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$6,000 |
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UGA Agricultural Education |
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Junior |
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| Travis Sterling Barron |
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Brown Thrasher Scholarship |
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$3,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Junior |
Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship |
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$2,500 |
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| Matthew Clay Brotzman |
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Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship |
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$2,500 |
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Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College |
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Freshman |
Garden Club of Georgia Presidents from the Magnolia District: Mrs. Reynolds Flournoy and Mrs. Clarke Duncan Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
Barbara Jones Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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| Samuel Robert Wirth |
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Founders Memorial Scholarship |
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$3,500 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Senior |
Mrs. Sammie S. Flaherty Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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| Samuel Edward Valentine |
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Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship |
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$2,500 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Senior |
Mary Harrison Miller Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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| Amy Kathleen Conway |
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Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship |
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$2,500 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Senior |
A. Floyd Pennington III Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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| Steven D. Bell |
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Donald H. (Tommy) Thompson Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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UGA Masters in Landscape Architecture |
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Graduate Student |
Elizabeth Neal Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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| Richard Kyle Van Der Noord |
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Jim Loftis Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Junior |
Old Town Garden Club of Sharpsburg Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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| Meggan (Morai) Helfen |
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Brown Thrasher Scholarship |
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$3,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Senior |
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| Agustina Hein |
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Garden Club of Georgia Work Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Sophomore |
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| Nathalie Marie Grant |
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Garden Club of Georgia Work Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Freshman |
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| Raymond Bentley Ruggles |
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Garden Club of Georgia Work Scholarship |
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$2,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Sophomore |
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| Andrew Charles Graycheck |
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Redbud District Scholarship |
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$1,100 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Senior |
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| Patrick Allen Webb |
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Poppy Garden Club Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Sophomore |
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| Samantha Leigh Spitale |
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Oleander District Scholarship |
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$1,000 |
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UGA Landscape Architecture |
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Junior |
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