Garden Club Federation of Maine Horticultural Scholarship
Offered by Garden Club Federation of Maine
About this scholarship
The Garden Club Federation of Maine Horticultural Scholarship awards $3,000 annually to a Maine resident preparing for a career related to plants, natural resources, or the environment. Applicants may be college juniors, seniors, or graduate students; sophomores may apply because they will enter junior standing in the fall covered by the award. Eligible majors include horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, conservation, forestry, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, environmental studies, ecology, land management, and other gardening-related fields. The college or university does not have to be in Maine. Candidates may not be related to a GCFM board member. The downloadable application is printed, completed, scanned, and emailed to the scholarship chair by February 1 with an official transcript, a financial-aid form signed by the school’s financial-aid officer, a one-page personal letter, a list of extracurricular activities and awards, and three one-page recommendation letters covering scholarship ability, personal qualities, and work. Reviewers consider aptitude for horticulture, academic record, interests, career potential, character, and financial need. The selected recipient is invited to the June GCFM annual meeting, and the $3,000 payment goes directly to the school in August. GCFM also forwards the winner for consideration in the separate National Garden Clubs scholarship competition.
Eligibility
- Be a legal resident of Maine
- Be a college sophomore applying for junior year, a junior, a senior, or a graduate student
- Major in horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, conservation, forestry, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, environmental studies, ecology, land management, or a related field
- Not be related to a Garden Club Federation of Maine board member
- Provide an official transcript and the financial-aid form signed by the school
- Submit a one-page personal letter, activities and awards list, and three one-page recommendations
- Email the scanned complete application by February 1, 2027