The Wareham Garden Club has announced that a $1,000 scholarship is available for award during the fall of 2016 to qualifying college students.

Eligible college student applicants must:

• be from Wareham
• be a current student at an accredited college or school of higher education and focus his/her study in one or more of the following areas: the environment, horticulture, agriculture, biology, earth sciences, or conservation in the broadest sense
• submit an application and transcripts from previous two semesters of course work, postmarked on or before deadline of Sept. 30, 2016

Any qualified applicant will be given extra consideration for having participated in extra-curricular activities in any of the fields listed above in college and/or in the community.

Scholarship information and applications are available from the Wareham Garden Club. P.O. Box 3276, Wareham, MA 02571 or by contacting the WGC Scholarship Chairperson, Kathleen Messenger, online at kathymessenger@verizon.net.