Scholarships

DCMGA Offers Three Scholarships for Delaware County Residents

January 2025

The Delaware County Master Gardener Association announces three $2,500 scholarships for Delaware County residents pursuing post-secondary education in agriculture, botany, food science, horticulture, environmental science, or a related field at an accredited college, university, or technical school in the United States.

Applications for the 2025-2026 scholarships can be obtained through the Delaware Community Foundation at https://delcf.org/scholarships/ and must be submitted by February 28, 2025.

Complete eligibility requirements, and additional information can be found at:

https://www.delawarecf.org/scholarships/delaware-county-master-gardener-association-scholarship/(https://www.delawarecf.org/scholarships/delaware-county-master-gardener-association-scholarship/

Past Recipients

2024

Mason Reid, Olentangy Orange High School, pursuing his masters degree in ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry at the Ohio State University
Rylea Gist, Delaware Hayes High School, studying botany and environmental science at Ohio Weslyan

2023

Shannon Barr, Olentangy Orange High School, studying botany and pre-med at Ohio Wesleyan
Hannah Plank, DACC graduate, studying food science and dietetics at Bowling Green State University

2022

Corinne Hazel, Olentangy Orange High School, studying environmental science at West Virginia University
Braelyn Eckard, Olentangy Berlin HIgh School, studying agricultural communications at The Ohio State University

2021

Brynn McGrail
Rena Ouyang
Elizabeth White (Jack Strader Scholarship)

2019

Josiah Bale of Lewis Center, studying Greenhouse and Nursery Management
Ella Nichols of Powell, studying Environmental and Agricultural Engineering

Master Gardener of the Year Honorees

From 2016 to 2022, the DCMGA scholarship was given in honor of that year's DCMGA Master Gardener of the Year. Those honorees include:

2016 • Nora Hiland

2017 • Susan Liechty

2018 • Charles Glass

2019 • Nancy Reynolds

2020 • Terri Litchfield

2021 • Charlotte Niceswanger

2022 • John Heinz