National Garden Club

The Fargo Garden Society has two $1,000 scholarships available to college students plus a chance to win a National Garden Club Scholarship of $4,000. One-year scholarships are available to juniors, seniors and graduate students pursuing a Master’s Degree. Sophomores may make application for their junior year. Equal opportunity shall be provided to all applicants. College/university must be accredited and listed on the official website of the U.S. Department of Education.

Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Legal Resident of the United States.
• Must be attending school full-time as defined by NGC:
• Undergraduate students must be enrolled for a minimum of 12 graded hours of classes.
• Graduate students must be enrolled for a minimum of 9 graded hours of classes.
• Funds may be applied to studies overseas provided that the study is a condition of the recipient’s degree plan and that payment continues to be made to the accredited U.S. college or university.
• Must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 (on a 4.0 scale).
• Must be planning a career related to gardening, landscape design, environmental issues, floral design or horticulture
• Previous applicants may re-apply whether awarded or not.

Must be majoring in one of the following fields of study
• Agronomy
• Agriculture Education
• Floriculture
• Horticulture
• Landscape Design
• Botany, Biology
• Forestry
• Wildlife Science

• Plant Pathology/Science
  • City (Rural & Urban) Planning
  • Habitat or Forest/Systems Ecology
  • Environmental Concerns (Management: Environmental, Horticulture Resource/Environmental Behavior)
  • Environmental Conservation (inc. Engineering, etc.)
  • Land Management and/or other related or allied subject