DeKalb Master Gardener Association Awards 2012/2013 Scholarships

Tammie Coggin was overjoyed to receive a five hundred dollar scholarship. She has been gardening for 12 years, but now feels like she is just getting started. Losing her career position was the impetus to get Tammie studying horticulture. This is what she wants to do when she grows up! Tammie’s interests are Environmental Horticulture and also Urban Agriculture. So, what a surprise to learn her favorite flower, shrub and tree are edible: sunflower, blueberry and walnut. Greenhouse Management has been her favorite class so far. Tammie will graduate in December 2013 and plans to restart her grandfather’s defunct farm, adding a garden center or greenhouse.

Malcolm Moses was also very happy to receive the other five hundred dollar scholarship. Malcolm has only been gardening for a year, but knows he has found his career. His interest in horticulture was sparked when he started reading the American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants at the college library. Once he started, he was hooked. Now, to relieve stress, he’ll read more of the book or visit a garden center. His favorite flowers are ornamental kales and celosia. Threadleaf false cypress ‘Gold Mop’ is his favorite shrub, and Crepe myrtle is his favorite tree. Malcolm named 3 classes as his favorites: Nursery Production, Landscape Installation and Landscape Design. Future plans are not completely decided. He aims to start his own landscape company or work in a greenhouse. He will graduate in the Spring of 2013.

DMGA members take great pleasure in seeing the fruits of their labors going to such worthy causes. They are very proud to be assisting in the education of the next generation of horticulture professionals.