Elmhurst Garden Club Scholarship

The Goal of the Elmhurst Garden Club College Scholarship Program is to encourage and support education, research, and teaching careers in the general areas of study listed below. Scholarships are funded by proceeds from the Garden Walk & Faire which takes place annually on the second Sunday of July. Over the past 26 years, the Elmhurst Garden Club has awarded more than 119 college scholarships.

Applicants must meet all the following criteria:
• Current Resident of the State of Illinois
• Full-time student enrolled in a minimum of 12 graded hours of classes.
• University Students: current sophomores or juniors applying for scholarship for use in junior or senior year.
• Community College Students: 1st year students applying for scholarship in subsequent years of study.
• Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale).
• Majoring in one of the following areas of study or preparing for teaching careers in these areas:
—Agriculture —Ecology —Horticulture
—Agronomy —Environmental Studies —Land Management
—Botany —Floriculture —Landscape Design
—Conservation —Forestry —Sustainability