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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

 
 
 
 

2025

Karalyn Rutkowski

The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies

Soybean Flower Traits That Attract Effective PollinatorsCurrent research suggests pollinators...

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2025

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...

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2025

Soka Vanegas-Farrara

The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies

Pollination Biology of Raspberries (rubus Idaeus) in Boreal, Agricultural, and Forest...

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2025

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...

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2024

Alex Stump

The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies

Establishing a Culture Collection of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterial Plant Symbiont Stump’s...

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2024

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...

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2024

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 ...

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2023

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...

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2023

Helen Winters

The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies

Big Bluestem Grass (Andropogon gerardii) Adaptation to Precipitation and Temperature Across the...

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2023

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...

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2022

Wesley Hutchins

The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies

New England Monarch Migration Interested in studying the movements of monarch...

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2022

Jonathan Crabill

The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies

Feedback between Common Shellfish Species and Water Quality Crabill’s research will...

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2022

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...

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2022

Rose (Rosie) Dickson

The Garden Club of America Awards for Summer Environmental Studies

Investigating Shade Tolerance and Phenotypic Plasticity of Virginia Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana),...

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2021

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 ...

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2021

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....

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