Horticulture and Environmental Studies

St. Croix District of the Garden Club Federation of Maine 

COLLEGE JUNIORS, SENIORS, OR GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF MAINE.

Application deadline March 1, 2023.

The St. Croix District of the Garden Club Federation of Maine is pleased to announce a $1,500 scholarship to encourage and support students who are interested in horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, ecology, conservation, forestry, botany, agriculture, plant pathology, environmental sciences, city planning, or other gardening related fields.

The Bar Harbor Garden Club as Trustee administers applications for the 2023 Nell Goff Memorial Scholarship. Click HERE to see our scholarship applications.

The application form, personal letter by applicant, three letters of reference, grade transcripts, and list of activities are due by March 1, 2023. Please send applications to: Bar Harbor Garden Club, Scholarship Chairman, Tom McIntyre, 8 Eagles Way, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, or electronically to scholarship@barharborgardenclub.org The winner will be notified no later than May 1st and will be invited to attend the annual spring meeting of the St. Croix District of the GCFM to receive the award.

To qualify one must have successfully completed the second year of college / university study and have a declared major listed above. Priority is given to a resident of the St. Croix District (Hancock County and the southern part of Washington County). Students may be enrolled outside of Maine but residents of the state and have completed year two of their studies. College sophomores are eligible, as they will be entering their junior year the following fall. Graduate students must be enrolled for the fall semester following the award of the scholarship.

For further information please contact BHGC Scholarship Chair, Tom McIntyre, scholarship@barharborgardenclub.org  or Tel: 207-288-4378.

The St. Croix District of the Garden Club Federation of Maine — www.mainegardenclubs.org/garden-club-directory/st-croix-district/

The Bar Harbor Garden Club is a member of the Garden Club Federation of Maine, New England Garden Clubs, and National Garden Clubs.