The Wareham Garden Club has announced that $1,000 scholarships are available for qualifying high school seniors and college students. 

Applicants must have maintained a legal residence in Wareham for at least a year, be a current student with a minimum “B” average (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) and have good character. 

Scholarships are available for students with focus of study in one or more of the following areas: horticulture, environmental studies, floriculture, land management, botany, biology, conservation, landscape design or architecture, forestry, agronomy, city planning or allied subjects. 

Eligible high school student appliants must be graduating in the spring of 2024 from any high school or technical school, have been accepted to an accredited college or school of higher education and submit an application postmarked on or before Friday, March 29. Applications will be available at area high schools; students can contact their respective guidance offices for further information, or can contact the Club’s scholarship chair at the address provided below. 

Eligible college student applicants must be a current student at an accredited college or school of higher education, provided official transcripts showing successful completion of course work and submit an application and transcripts postmarked on or before March 29. 

Scholarship applications and information are available from the Wareham Garden Club Scholarship Chairperson Kathleen Coyle. She may be contacted via the Wareham Garden Club, P.O. Box 3276, Wareham, MA 02571 or online at warehamgardenclubma@gmail.com.