Wellington Garden Club scholars (L-R) Lauren Miles, Georgia Brooks and Raaz Bhatia.
Wellington Club Presents Scholarships To Students With An Environmental Eye BY DEBORAH WELKY
Garden Scholars
For the past 40 years, the Wellington Garden Club has been committed to the beautification of the community while also supporting local students studying horticulture, environmental science or related fields of study. Since the inception of its longstanding scholarship program, the Wellington Garden Club has awarded a total of $34,175 to promising students,
and in this most unusual of years, that tradition continued. “The scholarship committee accepts the applications, and then we interview all of the candidates and make our decisions. Usually, we conduct face-to-face interviews. Of course, this year, interviews were done virtually,” said Maria Wolfe, first vice president of the Wellington Garden Club.
Under the leadership of Scholarship Chair John Siena, the Wellington Garden Club chose three recipients to receive $1,000 each for the current academic year. Lauren Miles began her education at Palm Beach State College in what would have been her eighth-grade year. She excelled in her studies, making it to both the President’s List and the Dean’s List, wellington the magazine | september 2020 53