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The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental 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
Karalyn Rutkowski
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Soybean Flower Traits That Attract Effective PollinatorsCurrent research suggests pollinators...
Lillian Shapona
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Mission Green for Blue: Restoring the Habitat of the Mission Blue ButterflyMy project centers on...
Soka Vanegas-Farrara
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Pollination Biology of Raspberries (rubus Idaeus) in Boreal, Agricultural, and Forest...
Kaitlyn Culbert
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Why Are Our Bees Dying? the Significance of Native Plants in Foraging and the Interplay of...
Alex Stump
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Establishing a Culture Collection of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterial Plant Symbiont Stump’s...
Isabelle Scherick
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Parasitic Mistletoe as a Mechanism of Soil Biodiversity in the Tropical Rainforests of Madagascar...
Greta Franke
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Plant and Soil Succession and Recovery Following Brush Pile Burning in Midwestern Woodlands ...
Emma Yonker
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Effects of Urbanization on Stress Levels and Auditory Processing of the House Sparrow (Passer...
Helen Winters
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Big Bluestem Grass (Andropogon gerardii) Adaptation to Precipitation and Temperature Across the...
Erika Berlik
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Examining Adjacency Effects of Mangrove and Seagrass Ecosystems on Fish Abundance and Community...
Wesley Hutchins
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
New England Monarch Migration Interested in studying the movements of monarch...
Jonathan Crabill
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Feedback between Common Shellfish Species and Water Quality Crabill’s research will...
Annalise Riekerk
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Environmental Field Study in Namibia This summer Riekerk will be taking a research course in...
Rose (Rosie) Dickson
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Investigating Shade Tolerance and Phenotypic Plasticity of Virginia Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana),...
Drew Tienken
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Effects of Thin-Layer Placement Depth on Denitrification and Salt-Marsh Bacterial Communities ...
Nautica Jones
The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies
Reassessment of Vegetation in a Relic Louisiana Chenier In her thesis research with Dr....