GCA ScholarshipsMeet the GCA's Scholars
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
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
Jacob Swanson
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Restoring Mutualistic Pollination NetworksMy research integrates mutualistic theory, network...
Libby Shafer
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Bees on the Block: A Collective Planting Project for Urban RestorationBees on the Block is a...
Lucille McGuire
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Quantifying spatial complexity in canopy composition for oak-shortleaf pine...
Janey Lienau
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Organisms and mechanisms of whole soil inoculation for restoration in temperate forestsNorthern...
Theo Knowles
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
A Functional Guild Seeding Approach to Optimize Recruitment in Tallgrass Prairie...
Garrett Higgins
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
80% in tropical forests, rely on vertebrates to disperse their seeds (Fricke et al., 2022, 2025),...
Collin Dice
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Comparing Local and Non-local Mixes of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for Restoration of Texas...
Sam Ahler
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
It’s a grass’s world, but does it have to be? Testing contingencies in the heterogeneity...
Olivia Kurz
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Restoration of Culturally Significant Wetland Plants and Associated Fungi in Southeastern...
Nora Heaphy
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Genomic Evaluation and Monitoring of Assisted Migration Field Trials for a Keystone Northern...
Max Scheel
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
The Responses of Restored Tallgrass Prairie Plant Community to Future Climate ChangeClimate...
Erika Hansen
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Use of Fiddler Crab Burrow Mimics to Incresease Spartina Alterniflora Cover and Improve ...
Lydia Regier
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Understanding the Roles of Community Resilience and Soil Fungal Pathogens in Enhancing Diversity...
Nora Bales
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Applying Functional Trait-based Approaches to Restoration Seed-mix Design in Dryland Pollinator...
Brian Lovejoy Jr
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
The Hydrological Impact of Lawn Alternatives in Urban Residential NeighborhoodsGreenspace...
Adrian Sakr
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
Understanding the Effect of Seagrass on the Microplastics Filtration of Co-Located Oysters ...