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. – Continued on page 9 8 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.