College Grant PROGRAM

The Town and Country Garden Club of Lancaster offers a scholarship for $1500.00 each year to a deserving senior who is continuing their education in the following studies:

Agriculture, Agriculture Engineering, Agronomy, Biology (excluding Pre-Med), Botany, Dairy Production, Environmental Control City Planning, Flora Culture, Horticulture, Land Management, Landscape Design, Forestry, Wildlife Sciences and Urban Planning.

The attached application should be completed: (a) Three letters of recommendation (can be from a teacher, mentor, guidance counselor, place of employment), (b) your most recent high school transcript, (c) your personal essay explaining why you have chosen this course of study, (d) a small bio about yourself and your activities should be included.
These six items should be mailed by March 15 to:

Carla Kelly
1012 Marietta Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17603

Only high school, college or vocational school students who are residents of Lancaster County, PA, are eligible.

All applications are due by March 15.

Please click here for the Scholarship Application 

The club hosts a plant faire and bus trips to fund the scholarship fund.  The amounts available each year vary based on the success of our fund raisers.  We generally offer $1000 - $1500 scholarships.

Recent Scholarships awarded:

We are listing the school attended, the field of study and the scholarship amount:

Penn State University, Schreyer Honors College - Agricultural and  
         Extension Education Program - $1500
Penn State University - Agricultural Sciences - $1500
                             Virginia Wesleyan University, Batten Honors College - Environmental 
                                      Studies, Minor Marine Biology - $1500
                             Boston University - Environmental Science - $1000
                             Penn State - Landscape Architecture - $1000
                             Eastern Mennonite College - Agriculture Sciences - $1000
                             Penn State - Agriculture Sciences - $1000
                             Mansfield University - Fisheries Studies - $1000
                             Cornell University - Environmental Studies - $1000
                             Penn State -Botany - $1000
                             Penn State - Agriculture Sciences and Business - $1000
                             Delaware Valley - Animal Sciences - $1000

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