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Horticulture & Related FieldsDavid Pease

2016 The Garden Club of America Hope Goddard Iselin Fellowship in Public Horticulture

David Pease is a master’s student at the University of Tennessee, Department of Plant Sciences & University of Tennessee Gardens with a concentration in Public Horticulture. The pilot program, 'DIG IT!' (Drawing in the Gardens, Impacting Teens), is an integrated gardening and botanical arts afterschool program for at-risk youth. The program will take place at the University of Tennessee Gardens with 6th, 7th and 8th grade student participants from a local Title I middle school. Lessons within this unique integrated curriculum are informed by principles and theory of Therapeutic Horticulture and Horticulture Therapy. The associated thesis research will look at the effect of this integrated gardening and art program on at-risk youth's self-efficacy and stress levels.

The Garden Club of America Hope Goddard Iselin Fellowship in Public Horticulture

To further the study of public horticulture through experiential learning that takes place at a recognized public garden, botanic garden, arboretum, or other closely aligned public horticulture institution within the United States.

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2016

Julia Harenčár

The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Julia Harenčár is a master's student in the Biology Department at California...

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2016

Chase Mason

The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany

Chase Mason is a PhD and Katharine H. Putnam Fellow in Plant Science at the Arnold Arboretum of...

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2016

Daniella Allevato

The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany

Daniella Allevato is a PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Biology at Cornell University....

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2016

Amy Snively-Martinez

The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany

Amy E. Snively-Martinez is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Washington State University. Her...

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2016

Sam Skibicki

The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Sam Skibicki is a master’s student at Northern Arizona University(NAU) in Flagstaff,...

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2016

Jacob Zeldin

The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Jacob Zeldin is a master’s student studying plant biology and conservation at Northwestern...

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2016

Joshua Serrano

The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Joshua Serrano is a master’s student in Botany at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He...

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2016

Amna Jamshad

The Zeller Summer Scholarship in Medicinal Botany

Amna Jamshad is an undergraduate in the Biology Department with a concentration in neuroscience...

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2016

Kimberly Giulvezan

The Zeller Summer Scholarship in Medicinal Botany

Kimberly D. Giulvezan is an undergraduate in the Biology Department with a concentration in...

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2016

Brionna James

The Zeller Summer Scholarship in Medicinal Botany

Brionna James is a senior at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, pursuing a Bachelor of...

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2016

Alyssa Albertson

The Joan K. Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Alyssa Albertson is a master’s student in Botany at Colorado State University. Her...

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2016

Meghna Krishnadas

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Meghna Krishnadas is a PhD candidate studying Tropical Ecology in the School of Forestry and...

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2016

Manuel Lujan

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Manuel Lujan is a PhD candidate at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in affiliation with Claremont...

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2016

Leland Werden

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Leland K. Werden is a PhD candidate in Plant Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota -...

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2016

Laura Frost

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Laura Frost is a PhD candidate in the Biology Department at the University of Washington. Her...

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2016

Stephen Formel

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Stephen K. Formel is a PhD candidate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of Tulane...

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