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Scholarship available for 2011-2012
The Woodlands Garden Club is accepting scholarship applications for the 2011-2012 school year.
The $1000 scholarship is open to students living in The Woodlands or nearby vicinity.
We consider majors in: Floriculture, Landscape Design, Horticulture, Botany, Plant Pathology, Forestry, Agronomy, Environmental Concerns, City Floraculture Planning, Wildlife Science, Landscape Architecture or Land Management.
Applicants must also maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
The Woodlands Garden Club will assist and sponsor a student to apply for scholarships given by:
Houston Federation of Garden Clubs for $1000.00. District IV
State of Texas Garden Clubs for $1500.00
Texas State Garden Clubs for amounts varying from $1000.00 to $3000.00 National Council of Garden Clubs which was $3,500.00 this year.
For more information on the scholarships and application information contact Jeanette West
Last year’s winner won over $5000 in scholarships.
Filing deadline: Oct. 1, 2010
Montgomery County Master Gardener Orientation
Would you like to become a Texas Master Gardener?
The Montgomery County Master Gardener Association will be holding their orientation for the 2011 Master Gardener Training.
The orientation is mandatory in order to take the training.
The orientation will be held Thursday, September 23, 2010, 10:00 a.m. at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Thomas R. LeRoy Education Center, 9020 FM 1484 (Airport Road) Conroe, TX 77303.
For more information call (936)539.7824 or visit our website www.mcmga.com
Corpse flower to bloom in Butterfly Center
The corpse flower is so rare that only 28 have ever been known to bloom in the United States. The 29th is poised to open any day now at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
The lime-green bud, which resembles an oversized endive, was nearing 5 feet tall on Wednesday in the museum’s Cockrell Butterfly Center and has been growing about 4 inches a day. Cockrell director Nancy Greig says it could open Friday or by early next week. Once open, the corpse flower will last about two days.
The corpse flower is expected to bloom this weekend July 10-11, 2010 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Butterfly Center
