Every year National Garden Clubs awards additional scholarships of $3,500 each. These are available to Massachusetts college juniors, seniors, and graduate students who are sponsored by GCFM. To be eligible, applicants must have at least a 3.25 GPA (on a 4.0-point scale) and be majoring in agriculture education, agronomy, botany, biology, city (rural and urban) planning, economics, environmental conservation, floriculture, forestry, horticulture, land management, landscape design, plant pathology/science, wildlife science, and/or other related or allied subjects. A comprehensive list of majors and application requirements is available at http://www.gardenclub.org/Youth/Scholarships.aspx.

Students wishing to apply for NGC scholarships should also apply for the GCFM scholarships. NGC application forms are available at http://www.gardenclub.org/Youth/Scholarships.aspx and are also due March 1, 2011. Please mail NGC applications to the GCFM Scholarship Chairman, Leslie Frost, at 31 Lowell Street, Andover, MA 01810-2929.