The Haddam Garden Club, Inc.
Scholarship
We believe that providing support to help further the education of our youth is a contribution and investment we can make in the future of our natural environment. To that end, each year the Haddam Garden Club offers a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating student from Haddam who is pursuing a degree in environmental, horticultural, conservation or landscape science. The scholarship is a gift to be put toward educational expenses and does not need to be matched or repaid. The student must reside in Haddam, but can be attending any high school, public or private. The deadline for submitting an application is April 1st.
Periodically, we award scholarships to Haddam Garden Club members for continuing thier education in the natural sciences, such as entering the Master Gardener Program sponsored by the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service.
Scholarship Recipients
2014 Hannah Casey, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
UConn - Environmental Studies
2014 Lilly Umba, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
Middlesex Community College, then Unity College
2015 Patrick Fitsgibbons, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
Univ. of New Hampshire - Environmental Sciences
2016 Katrina Little, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
Univ. of St. Joseph
2017 Hannah Casey, UConn Master's Program
UConn Graduate School -
Public Policy in Environmental Science
2018 Rebecca Durinick, Mercy H.S.
Unity College - Conservation Law
2018 Jackson Parmentier, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
Sawyer College - Biology & Environmental Science
2018 Teri Twigg & Pat Gill, HGC Members,
UConn Master Gardener Program
2019 Zachary Marciniec, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
University of Vermont - Forestry
2020 Ashley DesRoberts, Mercy H.S.
Boston University - Environmental Policy and Analysis.
2021 Ashley DesRoberts, Mercy H.S.
Boston University - Environmental Policy and Analysis.
2022 No Scholarship Awarded
2023 Brooke Taylor Lloyd, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
University of Tampa - Environmental Science
2024 Jillian LaRosa, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
University of New Hampshire - Environmental Science
and Agriculture
Johanna Thelen, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
University of Rhode Island - Sustainable Agriculture
and Food Systems
2025 Amelia Petersen, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
Brigham Young University - Environmental Science
2026 Amelia Riggs, Haddam-Killingworth H.S.
Tufts University - Renewable/Sustainable Energy and Engineering
HGC 2020 and 2021 Scholarship award recipient Ashley DesRoberts graduated from Mercy High School and is attending Boston University studying Environmental Policy and Analysis.
Scholarship chair Lynda Birch presents HGC's 2026 scholarship recipient Amelia Riggs with her scholarship award.
2019 Scholarship recipient Zachary Marciniec attends the University of Vermont studying Forestry.
Scholarship chair Debbie Karpf presents two-time HGC scholarship recipient Hannah Casey with her scholarship award.
HGC Remembers Laura Porter
The Haddam Garden Club was recently contacted by Marge Porter, daughter of HGC member Laura Porter who was active in the 1960’s and 70’s. Laura was a master at creating arrangements, competing in flower shows, making wedding bouquets and winning the “prettiest front door” in a Haddam contest at that time. She also created a large and spectacular Herb Spiral on their property and HGC member Lynne Cooper remembers Laura’s beautiful arrangements in a Haddam church.
When Marge and her brother were children, they would pull a wagon around the neighborhood taking orders for their mom’s legendary Christmas wreaths, and she fondly remembers enjoying the fancy sandwiches on the days her mom hosted meetings.
Marge and her husband Dom have made a generous donation to the HGC Scholarship fund in honor of Laura and her legacy as a garden club member and community supporter. We are most grateful and thrilled to share her story.
Laura's Herb Garden at Different Stages of Construction and Planting.
