The Woodlands Garden Club

2011-2012 Scholarship available

By webmaster | August 31, 2010

The Woodlands Garden Club is accepting scholarship applications for the 2011-2012 school year.

The $1000 scholarship is open to students living in The Woodlands or nearby vicinity.

We consider majors in: Floriculture, Landscape Design, Horticulture, Botany, Plant Pathology, Forestry, Agronomy, Environmental Concerns, City Floraculture Planning, Wildlife Science, Landscape Architecture or Land Management.

Applicants must also maintain a 3.0 grade point average.

The Woodlands Garden Club will assist and sponsor a student to apply for scholarships given by:

Houston Federation of Garden Clubs for $1000.00. District IV
State of Texas Garden Clubs for $1500.00
Texas State Garden Clubs for amounts varying from $1000.00 to $3000.00 National Council of Garden Clubs which was $3,500.00 this year.

For more information on the scholarships and application information contact Jeanette West

Last year’s winner won over $5000 in scholarships.

Filing deadline: Oct. 1, 2010

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The Woodlands Garden Club to hold first meeting of the year

By webmaster | August 13, 2010

With Jane Torrance at the head, The Woodlands Garden Club will welcome back nearly seventy members and meet and greet new members and guests on Tues., Sept. 14th at the Clubhouse at Auburn Lakes (West Rayford and Northcrest).

The theme for the year is Protecting Nature’s Bounty: A Garden Always Gives Back More Than It Receives, and Sept’s program will be Falling for Herbs by Marilyn O’Connor.

The monthly plant study will feature the Texas Star Hibiscus.

The award winning club meets the 2nd Tues. of each month Sept. through May and for more information email us at theWoodlandsGardenClub@gmail.com or just hit the email link below.

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Galveston Tree Sculptures

By webmaster | July 9, 2010

If you ever get to Galveston, be sure and make the tour of the tree sculptures made out of the huge oak trees felled by Ike. I went down there to visit my old and dear friend, Claudia who was visiting her brother, Harvey. We had a wonderful, but all too brief visit.