The Ohio State University Extension Portage County Master Gardeners is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a qualifying student.
Applicants must be Portage County residents and graduates of a Portage County high school or currently enrolled in a Portage County high school, college, university or technical school. They must be pursuing a plant science degree, such as, but not limited to, agronomy, botany, horticulture, forestry, landscaping, environment, conservation or agriculture.
Graduating high school seniors or others who have not started their program of study at a college, university or technical school should submit a high school transcript. Applicants who have started their program of college study should submit a transcript from the school.
Application packets are available through local high school guidance counselors. A fillable version of the application package is also available online at the Portage County Master Gardeners Facebook page. You can also download it here.
Download the form, complete it and mail or email it to: Master Gardener Scholarship, OSU Extension Office, 705 Oakwood St., Ste. 103, Ravenna, OH 44266. Applications must be received by March 15. The email address is [email protected].
Wendy DiAlesandro is a former Record Publishing Co. reporter and contributing writer for The Portager.