The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. | Grants and Scholarships

National Garden Clubs Scholarship Program

The National Garden Clubs (NGC) offers 32 annual advanced scholarships to junior, senior, or graduate students, each grant totaling $3,500 for the academic year.

Applicants must be full-time students majoring in Agriculture Education, Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Design, Botany, Plant 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.

The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., is entitled to submit two nominees for NGC scholarships annually. The deadline for completed applications is March 1 annually. For an application packet, detailed information and rules, please contact the Garden Club of Georgia State Headquarters, 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA 30602-5817. You may also phone 706-227-5369 or email our office from this page.

National Garden Clubs Scholarships Awarded to Georgia Students 2008 thru 2012

The 2012 NGC Scholarship
$3,500 to David Andrew Gianino, Junior, Horticulture, University of Georgia
$3,500 to Quynh Pham, Junior, Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia

The 2011 NGC Scholarship
$3,500 to Mellissa Kay Moeller, Senior, Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia
$3,500 to James Michael Vance, Senior, Fisheries & Wildlife Management, University of Georgia

The 2010 NGC Scholarship
$3,500 to Mellissa Kay Moeller, Senior, Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia

The 2009 NGC Scholarship
$4,000 to Mathew O'Meara, Sophomore, Environmental Economics and Management, University of Georgia
$4,000 to Helen Arnold Person, Graduate Student, Historic Preservation, University of Georgia

The 2008 NGC Scholarship
$3,500 to Derrick Eugene Lepard, Senior, Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia

Deep South Region Scholarship Program

The Deep South Region Scholarship program offers financial aid to a qualified Deep South Region high school senior majoring in any garden or environmental related subject and enrolled in an accredited college or university in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Tennessee.

In 2008 Georgia was honored to have its high school applicant receive the Deep South scholarship. The 2008 DSR Scholarship of $1,000 went to Amber Christian Rolader. She will attend the University of Georgia.