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.

In recent years, the development of the "Named Scholorship" program is a major source of additional funding for our students. For a minimum of $1,000, an individual or organization may be honored with a scholarship in their name. The names of the honored individuals/organizations are published in the GCG Calendar, in the Archives, on the GCG Website and in Garden Gateways. See the "Named Scholarship Donation Form" below for further details.

• GCG Scholarship Application Packet (Acrobat format)
• Cherokee Rose Scholarship Application Packet (Acrobat format)
• Scholarship Donation Form (Acrobat format)
• Patron of Scholarship Donation Form (Acrobat format)
• Named Scholarship Donation Form (Acrobat format)
• 2011-12 Scholarship Recipients
• 2010-11 Scholarship Recipients

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.

2011-12 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:
RECIPIENT		SCHOLARSHIP		AMOUNT		PROGRAM		LEVEL
Melissa Kay Moeller		Hubert Bond Owens Scholarship		$5,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Senior
James Michael Vance		Betty Grimes Scholarship		$1,500		UGA Fisheries & Wildlife Management		Senior
		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$3,000
Nathalie Marie Grant-Scott		Founders Memorial Scholarship		$3,500		UGA Landscape Architecture		Senior
		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$500
Matthew O'Meara		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$2,000		UGA Environmental Economics and Management		Senior
		Brown Thrasher Scholarship		$2,000
Nathan Scott Wilson		Brown Thrasher Scholarship		$2,000		UGA Horticulture		Senior
		Redbud District Scholarship		$1,000
Katie Crosta		Jeanne Jones Holliday Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Graduate Student
		Garden Club of Georgia Work Scholarship		$2,000
Dina Abdulhadi		Cassina Garden Club Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Ecology		Junior
		Mrs. Sammie S. Flaherty Scholarship		$1,000
Laura Ashley Marbut		Azalea District Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Biology		Freshman
		Magnolia District Scholarship		$1,000
Leanne Wells		Garden Club of Georgia Work Scholarship		$2,000		UGA Environmental Planning		Graduate Student
Veronica Pimentel		Garden Club of Georgia Work Scholarship		$2,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Junior
Laura E. Sommet		Garden Club of Georgia Work Scholarship		$2,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Graduate Student
William Douglas Bunch		Jim Loftis Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Ecology		Senior
		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$1,000
Philip Baxter Shippey		Landscape Design Consultants Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Junior
		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$1,000
Emily Anne Laborde		Cherokee Rose Scholarship		$1,500		UGA Historic Preservation		Graduate Student
Inger Winsor Wood		Cherokee Rose Scholarship		$1,500		UGA Historic Preservation		Graduate Student
Grace F. Burridge		Cherokee Rose Scholarship		$1,500		UGA Historic Preservation		Graduate Student
Jennifer Ann Dixon		Cherokee Rose Scholarship		$1,500		UGA Historic Preservation		Graduate Student
Erik Michael Saunders		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$500		UGA Landscape Architecture		Senior
		2009-11 Board of Directors Scholarship		$1,000
Bradley Weaver		Mary Helen Ray Scholarship		$1,000		N. GA College and State University Horticulture		Sophomore
Michael Lee Barnes		Camellia District Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Agriculture Education		Senior
Carson Hale		Donald H. (Tommy) Thompson Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Senior
James H. Lee		Elizabeth Neal Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Horticulture		Senior
Richard Flynt Hendley		Jim Capps Horticulture Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Horticulture		Senior
William Brent Kirkland		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Environmental Planning		Graduate Student

2010-11 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:
RECIPIENT		SCHOLARSHIP		AMOUNT		PROGRAM		LEVEL
Melissa Kay Moeller		Hubert Bond Owens Scholarship		$5,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Senior
		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$1,500
Derek Christopher Bruce		Elizabeth Neal Scholarship		$2,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Junior
		Lou Ann Bleakley Scholarship		$2,000
		Brown Thrasher Scholarship		$2,000
Matthew O'Meara		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$5,000		UGA Environmental Economics and Management		Sophomore
		Cassina Garden Club Scholarship		$1,000
Clayton Hunt Dent		District Challenge Scholarships		$5,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Senior
Katherine Martin McAlpin		Cherokee Rose Scholarship		$4,500		UGA Historic Preservation		Graduate Student
Charlie M. Culpepper III		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$1,250		UGA Forestry		Junior
		Donald H. (Tommy) Thompson Scholarship		$1,000
		Tommy Thomspon, John Gaines and Angelo Tamasi Scholarship		$1,250
Matthew Joseph Housley		Founders Memorial Scholarship		$3,500		UGA Horticulture		Senior
Emily Anne Laborde		Cherokee Rose Scholarship		$3,000		UGA Historic Preservation		Graduate Student
Benjamin Cole Ross		Peggy White Scholarship		$1,500		UGA Turf Grass Management		Graduate Student
		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$1,500
Gina Dale Russum		The Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$3,000		Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College		Sophomore
Andrew M. Shirley		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$3,000		UGA Horticulture		Sophomore
Nathalie Marie Grant		Carolyn Malone Carpenter and Dorothy Malone Yates Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Landscape Architecture		Junior
		Jeanne Jones Holliday Scholarship		$1,000
		Terry Waith Scholarship		$1,000
Matthew Glen Parks		Jim Loftis Scholarship		$2,000		Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Environmental Horticulture		Junior
Philip Baxter Shippey		Garden Club of Georgia Scholarship		$2,000		Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Landscape Design		Sophomore
Kristen Akin		Mrs. Sammie S. Flaherty Scholarship		$2,000		UGA Horticulture		Junior
Brad Robert Weaver		Brencie Werner Scholarship		$1,000		North Georgia College & State University Horticulture		Freshman
		Marge Willis and Millie Faircloth Scholarship		$1,000
Michael Joseph Sabula		Veronica Carden Scholarship		$1,000		UGA Biology		Junior
Brett Edward McAdams		Garden Club of Georgia Work Scholarship		$2,000		UGA Horticulture		Junior
		Jeanne Jones Holliday Scholarship		$1,000
		Terry Waith Scholarship		$1,000

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