Chester Garden Club Seeks New Members and Offers Scholarships To Local Students
We received the following notice from First Selectman Tom Marsh’s email newsletter:
The Chester Garden Club welcomes new members each year for exciting and informative programs. Some of this year’s talks, tours and projects will highlight orchids, irises, and techniques for pruning plants. The first meeting for this year will be held on Tuesday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the United Church of Chester, 29 W. Main Street, Chester. For membership information, please contact Co-President Margo Novak, 860-345-2409 or margonov@comcast.net.
The Chester Garden Club offers a scholarship of $500 for graduating high school students and college students who are residents of Chester and are pursuing the study of horticulture and/or environmental-related fields. Interested students are encouraged to apply.
The purpose of this scholarship program is to encourage and promote the study of horticulture and/or environmental-related fields. The Club will award a scholarship in the amount of $500 to a graduating high school senior or currently enrolled college student from Chester who plans to pursue a degree at an accredited two- or four-year institution with the intent on majoring in horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, conservation, forestry, agronomy, environmental science, botany, biology, plant pathology or other related field.
Please contact Chester Garden Club Co-President Margo Novak with any questions or if additional information is needed about this scholarship. Contact information is (860)-345-2409 or margonov@comcast.net. Students may send completed applications to the Chester Garden Club, Attn: Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 415, Chester, CT 06412. Applications are due by April 30, 2010. Scholarship recipients will be notified by May 30, 2010.
