On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA November-December 2017 | Page 8
REGIONAL NEWS
& NOTES
2018 GWA Foundation Scholarship
Applications Open
A S H L E Y H O DA K S U L L I VA N
• The 2018 scholarship application deadline is Friday, December 15,
2017. To apply and learn more, please visit www.gardenwriters.org/
scholarships.
• For questions, please contact Ashley Hodak Sullivan, GWA Foundation
Executive Director, or call 212-297-2198.
REGION II
C.L. FORNARI
Jo Ann Gardner will present “Herbs, the New
Ornamentals,” to the New York Unit of the Herb
Society of America, 11 AM, Thursday, November
16 at the Garden Education Center of Greenwich
at 130 Bible St., Cos Cob, Connecticut.
Diana K. Weiner will present “Going Natural for
the Holidays,” a program that teaches how to
make topiary, roping, wreaths, mantle displays
and boxwood kissing balls, 10 AM, November 18
at the Mamakating Public Library, 128 Sullivan
St., Wurtsboro, New York.
REGION III
B E T H B OT T S
GWA Region III director Beth Botts of The
Garden Beat spoke Saturday, October 28, at
the Des Moines County Master Gardeners’ Fall
Gardening Seminar in Burlington, Iowa. She
gave two talks: “What Now? Refreshing the Tired
Garden—and Gardener” and “Designing Your
Garden: Building Blocks for Landscapes to Love.”
Learn to design a beautifully functional land-
scape with Brie Arthur, Roy Diblik and Mark
Dwyer at the Fall Symposium at Rotary Botanical
Gardens in Janesville, Wisconsin, on Saturday,
November 4. Speakers’ topics include
“Landscaping for Dummies,” “Creating an Urban
Oasis” and “Native Perennials.”
Plan to attend the sixth annual Native Plant
Symposium at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical
Garden in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday, Novem-
ber 11. Speakers include David Mizejewski of
the National Wildlife Federation; acclaimed D.C.
area designer and Native Plant Podcast co-host
John McGee; native plant expert Bill Barnes and
additional local speakers.
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The GWA Foundation continues its commitment to pro-
vide financial assistance to deserving students who wish
to pursue or further a career in horticultural communi-
cations. This year’s scholarship awards will range from
$500 to $1,000 per student, and include a complimentary
full-year membership to GWA. As a new feature for 2018,
the GWAF Scholarship application is on GWA’s awards
platform, OpenWater. Learn more here.
Students must be enrolled in either of two categories:
• Community Colleges & Technical
Schools: The GWA Foundation Kathleen
Fisher Memorial Scholarship is made in
recognition of the late Kathleen Fisher, who
was the editor of The American Gardener, the
journal of the American Horticultural Society.
It is given annually in the amount of $500
to any full-time or part-time post secondary
student (including technical schools and
community colleges) majoring in horticul-
ture, plant science or journalism, with an
interest in garden communications.
In recent years,
more than
$100,000 has
been awarded
to outstanding
students.
• Colleges & Universities: GWA Foundation
general scholarship grants are provided for
college-level juniors, seniors or graduate
students enrolled full-time, majoring in
horticulture, plant science or journalism,
with an interest in garden communications,
including garden photography. General
scholarships are given annually and vary in
number (two to nine) and amount ($500 to $1,000), depending on the earnings of the
scholarship endowment. It is beneficial for horticulture or plant science majors to have taken
courses in journalism and vice-versa, although exceptions will be made.
In recent years, more than $100,000 has been awarded to outstanding students. Grants range
from $500 to $1,000 per student at the discretion of the GWA Foundation Board of Directors.
Scholarships will be awarded directly to the institutions on behalf of students.