The Garden Club of Harwich
Scholarship, Toolships & Grants
The GCH is proud to support our Harwich youth in learning about our natural world. It is our hope that by studying the environment, the next generation will understand how to respect it and care for it.
Scholarship...
We offer a $3,000 scholarship every year to a local college student who is pursuing environmental studies, botany, horticulture, landscape design or other related fields such as conservation, forestry, water purification, oceanography, and marine biology. The scholarship is awarded after her/his successful completion of a freshman year at an accredited four-year college.
2025 Scholarship Recipient
The $3000 Scholarship was awarded to Trent Levesque by Celeste Mahoney, Scholarship Chair, along with (L) Lynne Drummond, Community Outreach Chair and (R) Maryann Hoar, President. Trent just completed his Freshman Year at the University of Vermont where he received excellent grades. He is interested and studying about sustainability and renewable energy solutions and envisions developing new ways of using green sources of energy that will allow for a sustainable society without sacrificing modern standards of living. He is a graduate of Cape Cod Regional Technical High School.
2024 Scholarship Recipient
Having just graduated from Monomoy High School, our 2024 Scholarship recipient, Chloe Jones, is attending the University of Vermont. Chloe will be majoring in Environmental Science. Chloe wrote “Our planet is beautiful and unique, the only planet we know of to contain water at our fingertips. I want to ensure our planet is still here and thriving after I am gone”.
Toolships...
We offer Toolship Grants to two Cape Cod Technical High School graduating seniors who plan to pursue a field relating to environmental areas such as horticulture, landscaping, conservation, etc. More information and an application can be obtained through the Cape Cod Tech Guidance Department.