GCA ScholarshipsMeet the GCA's Scholars
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
GCA scholars work around the globe in their efforts to pursue and share knowledge. Explore their areas of interest using the directory and by reading the GCA’s annual publication, GCA Scholars Report.
Scholar Directory
Radiya Ali
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Evaluating Climate Mediated Cam-c3 Photosynthetic Plasticity in Wild, Pre-columbian Domesticated,...
Arely Castillo
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Vegetation Responses to Fire in the Sonoran DesertThe 2020 Bush Fire in Arizona's Tonto National...
Jack Scherer
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Soil Microbiomes of the Colorado Plateau Jack Scherer is a first-year master's student in...
Gabrielle Moneymaker
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
How to Survive Environmental Extremes: A Giant Rosette’s Guide to the Desert ...
Nina Marchiando
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Mesquite-Bosque Habitat Health Assessment in Anza Borrego Marchiando will study the effects of...
Miranda Buckley
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Parasite Host Specialization: A Multi-Faceted Approach Buckley’s study of holoparasites...
Megan Rziha
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Summer Internship at Desert Botanical Garden Rziha will participate in a summer internship at...
Zane Robertson
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
A Taxonomic and Genetic Investigation of the Rare Plant Rumex orthoneurus Continuing thesis...
Mylea Lovell
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Measuring and Monitoring Selaginella lepidophylla Populations: Are the Current Rates of...
Erin Forstner
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Summer Internship at Desert Botanical Garden Forstner’s summer internship at Desert...
Michael Mohr
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Desert Botanical Garden, Summer 2021 Mohr will research varied topics during the summer at the...
Iris Garthwaite
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Using a Geographic Mosaic of Climate Variation to Assess Genetic vs. Environmental Sources of...
Lauren Baldarelli
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Research into Biological Soil Crusts (Biocrusts) Lauren Baldarelli is a Ph.D. candidate at...
Lauren Reeves
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Lauren Reeves is a third-year landscape architecture student at Arizona State University. Working...
William Hartman
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
William Hartman is a junior at Oregon State University majoring in horticulture. Building on his...
Heather Bendingtree
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
Heather Bendingtree is a student in environmental horticulture at Santa Barbara City College and...