Hoe and Hope Student Scholarships

Hoe and Hope Garden Club supports higher education by offering two $1,000 scholarships annually to a high school senior and/or college student majoring in horticulture, environmental science, agriculture, landscape design, forestry or related field. Applications are due by March 15^th.

Following are the eligibility requirements and application links.

2025 Hoe & Hope Scholarship Recipients:  Each will receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Alexandria (Allie) Morton is from Erie, Colorado, and is currently a Junior at the Colorado School of Mines majoring in environmental engineering. If the name sounds familiar, Allie was a recipient of one of our high school scholarships in 2022. She originally had an interest in agricultural sustainability, but realized her potential for making change in the ag field lies in the importance of water conservation via environmental engineering. She plans to become an agricultural water management consultant, ultimately enabling the spread of agricultural water conservation knowledge among farmers. She would like to combine natural solutions such as grazing with engineered solutions such as water treatment to optimize agricultural water conservation.

Brooklyn Lee is from Dolores, Colorado, and is currently a sophomore pursuing a degree in agricultural business at Fort Hays State University in Kansas. After graduation she plans to pursue a career in agriculture lending or policy working with farmers and ranchers. She is the seventh generation on the family’s farm. With the ag industry experiencing lots of challenges, such as being able to feed a growing population with fewer resources, she wants to do her part to ensure the future of ag is promising. In her letters of recommendation her deep passion for agriculture and being a dedicated and hard-working individual as well as a strong leader and problem solver was noted.

Previous Scholarship Recipients:

2024                                                                                                                                 College– Benjamin Strickland $1,000                                                                              High School– Lara Orner $1,000

2023
High School–Katerina O’Malley $1,000
High School–Keara Lynn Ping $1,000
College–Maricheli  Figueroa  Winner of a one-time award in memory of Sally Bryan Maricheli Figueroa is the lucky recipient of the Sally Bryan Scholarship in memory of a very dedicated and beloved member of Hoe and Hope by her family and friends. Maricheli plans to continue to learn about the world in post-secondary education to earn an Associate of Applied Science in Horticulture and Landscape Technology at Front Range Community College, Westminster.  Some of her achievements include an Academic letter award 4.0+ GPA (2019-22); “A” Honor Roll – All A’s (2019-23); National Honor Society (2019-2023): Outstanding Mathematics student (2019-20); AP Scholar.

2022
High School–Cassidy Bates $1,000
High School–Alexandria Morton $1,000

2021
High School–Malia Harton $500
High School–Aurora Rangel $500
High School–Ethan Ahlstrom $500