The Coral Gables Garden Club
Scholarship in Horticulture
The Coral Gables Garden Club has established a scholarship to encourage the development of research, documentation and teaching skills in the field of horticulture. The scholarship is open to undergraduates, graduate students, advanced degree candidates, or non-degree-seeking applicants above the high school level.
The Scholarship funds one or more scholarships annually at $2000 to support study at an accredited college, university or major botanic garden or arboretum in Florida. Projects may include but are not restricted to plant propagation, photographic documentation of studies and research projects, the acquisition of skills for working with horticulture collections and research in horticulture in the broadest sense.
Applications must be received at CGGC in Coral Gables by February 10 preceding the period of study. Selection is by members of the CGCA Scholarship Committee.
Contact: Maureen Gragg, Coral Gables Garden Club
email: CGGCScholarship@gmail.com
Application Form
Coral Gables Garden Club is celebrating its 85th anniversary year in 2010. From its founding in 1925, the club has had a significant impact on the betterment of life in Coral Gables. The mission is to share the love of gardening and to be active in the beautification of the community. Our aims are to educate our members, our youth, and the public in gardening, horticulture, landscape design, conservation, flower arranging, and community beautification.
Natural wonders encircle us, from the Florida bays to the Everglades. It is our responsibility to support and sustain environmental quality and the protection of the birds, wildlife, fish trees, and plants that are in such abundance.
The Garden Club is affiliated with the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., which is a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc, and the Club is a part of the Deep South Region of NGC.
The Coral Gables Garden Club is a 501( c) 3 organization.
A Special Project
ALTHEA FINK MERRICK MONUMENT
The Garden Club commissioned a full-sized bronze statue of Althea F. Merrick, matriarch of the Merrick family, seated on a bench in the garden at the Merrick House. 2010 marked the 100th Anniversary of the completion of the Merrick House, the original homestead of the Solomon and Althea Merrick, parents of George Merrick. The home was designed by Althea and was completed in time for the wedding of their eldest daughter, Ethel.
Althea went on to be one of the earliest members of the Coral Gables Garden Club which was founded by her daughter-in-law, Eunice Peacock Merrick, George’s wife. The dedication of the Althea Merrick monument, held on October 27, 2010 was a lasting remembrance of a lovely lady so important to the early history of Coral Gables.
