Scholarship Award
Encouraging students in their pursuit of horticulture-related post-secondary education.
Our most rewarding annual event is choosing a recipient for the $1,500 Cobourg Garden Club Scholarship to a deserving local high school graduate with exemplary marks who wishes to pursue post-secondary education in a field related to horticulture or the environment.
2025 Scholarship Application Procedure & Requirements
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2024 Winner
Congratulations to Emily Goodall from Cobourg.
Emily grew up surrounded by nature-her father is a wildlife educator with GRCA, and it was his influence that first sparked her love of the environment. She spent weekends exploring forests and ponds, fascinated by wildlife-especially during tadpole season. As she learned about the harm humans were causing the earth, she felt helpless, but soon realized small, local actions could make a difference. During COVID, she started a community clean-up group with her family-collecting trash on their walks. She also worked with her father on fish population monitoring in local rivers, tagging or removing invasive species like lampreys.
Her high school science courses, particularly biology, deepened her interest in environmental issues and biotechnology. She is particularly drawn to environmental biotechnology, which uses microorganisms to clean pollutants and generate renewable energy from waste or algae. This field offers a promising solution for reducing pollution and our dependence on fossil fuels.
Emily is enrolled at Algonquin College in the Biotechnology program.
We wish Emily the best of luck in his studies at Algonquin College!
Previous Scholarship Recipients
2024 – Martino Lenardon, now attending Lakehead University training to become an arborist.
2023 – Morgan Kelsey from Cobourg, now attending Fleming in their Fish & Wildlife technician program.
2022- Ms. Heather Birney of Cobourg, Ontario was awarded a $1,000 scholarship award winner. Heather graduated from Cobourg Collegiate Institute and is now enrolled in environmental science at Flemming College.
Ms. Birney is enrolled in the Environmental Technology Program at Flemming
Due to the pandemic’s impact on latter portion of the school year, it was not possible to award a scholarship in 2020.
2021 —
The Cobourg Garden Club awarded a $1,000 scholarship to graduate Ethan Foster of St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School.
Ethan is enrolled in Fleming College’s Ecological Restoration program – a Joint Degree/Diploma program (Honors B.Sc.) with Trent University. He looks forward to managing fauna levels in a designated area while working towards increasing low populations of endangered species.
2019 —
Thomas Burgess, a graduate of St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School, received our 2019 scholarship. Thomas is enrolled in Trent University’s Bachelor of Conservation Biology program. He looks forward to a career as a research scientist doing field work in environmental studies and conservation.
2018 —
Gavin Brady, a graduate of St. Mary’s Secondary School, was awarded the CGC scholarship in 2018. Gavin is studying for his Bachelor of Science and Agriculture at the University of Guelph. He is specializing in CHAT – Crops, Horticulture, Agriculture and Turf Grass Science.
2017 —
Josephine Lansley of CCI was our 2017 scholarship winner. Josephine was accepted at Queen’s University and went on to do her first year of study at the Bader International Study Centre in England.
