Scholarships

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 15th.

Following are the eligibility requirements and application links.

COLLEGE APPLICANTS

  • Resident of Colorado
  • Current college student enrolled in a minimum of 9 semester hours.
  • Cumulative GPA minimum of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)
  • Area of study falls within one of the following:  horticulture, environmental science, agriculture, landscape design, forestry or related field.

Click here for the college application and information

HIGH SCHOOL APPLICANTS

  • Resident of Colorado
  • Graduating high school senior
  • Minimum GPA 3.0
  • Intended area of study falls within one of the following:  horticulture, environmental science, agriculture, landscape design, forestry or related field.

Click here for the high school application and information

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Application deadline:  March 15

Please send application, 2 letters of recommendation, personal essay and academic transcripts to:

Hoe & Hope Garden Club
c/o Rita Rosson
11753 Ashton Road
Longmont, CO  80504

2022 Hoe & Hope Scholarship Recipients  The Hoe and Hope Garden Club scholarship committee for 2022 received eight graduating high-school applications. Three met the selected criteria pertaining to horticulture. Congratulations to the following two outstanding women. Each will receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Cassidy Bates from Lyons Middle/High School.  She will be attending CSU to pursue a major in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology with a minor in Applied Environmental Policy Analysis to help with conservation of nature and caring for the environment.

 

Alexandria (Allie) Morton from Erie High School. She will be attending Colorado School of Mines to study Environmental Science to help figure out ways to improve agricultural sustainability and increase food supplies.

 

 

Previous Scholarship Recipients:

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

2019-2020
     College–Gus Gil $1,500
     High School–Logan Kuski $500
2018
    College–Walter Nieuwlandt  $1,500

    High School–Blake Hubert  $500

2017
    College–Walter Gibson Nieuwlandt   $1,000
    High school–Stephanie Bushnell  $500
2016
    College–Nathan Scott Goddard  $1,000
    High School–Reese Glenn Barracks  $500
2015
    College–Kyra Monique Czerwinski $1,000
    High School–Forrest Wold-McGimsey–$500
2014
    College–Matthew Michael Bombard  $1,000