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Norwood Evening Garden Club Awards $1,000 Scholarship


Sheela Venkatesh (left), president of the Norwood Evening Garden Club, presents Grace Gable of Wrentham the garden club’s annual scholarship for 2020. Each year, the Norwood Evening Garden Club awards a scholarship to a graduating senior of the Norfolk County Agricultural High School who has good scholastic achievement, outstanding citizenship, and who is pursuing a degree in horticulture, agriculture, floriculture, conservation, environmental science or horticulture in its widest aspect.
Gable will attend Clemson University in South Carolina to study Agronomy – soil science for sustainable agriculture – specifically to learn how to use the least amount of resources to grow crops both to save money and the environment.
Gable was President of the National Honor Society and President of the Landscape Club, Treasurer of the Norfolk Chapter of the Future Farmers Association, and the Aggie’s hayride coordinator. She competed at the Massachusetts state convention of the Future Farmers of America as well as the national convention and she received an internship to Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum.
“It is my pleasure to be able to award our scholarship to this deserving young woman,” President Venkatesh said. “Agronomy is both a humanitarian career and a scientific one. Agronomists today are involved with may issues including producing food, managing the environmental impact of agriculture, and many other specialties. She has an impressive scholastic record and exemplifies the ideals and leadership qualities that the garden club holds in high esteem.”
The Norwood Evening Garden Club has been providing education and public beautification in Norwood and Walpole since 1996. Open to novice and expert gardeners, the Club is a member of The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc., New England Region, and National Garden Clubs, Inc. and draws its members from the communities of Norwood, Walpole, Westwood, Dedham, Medfield, Randolph and Stoughton. For information about the Norwood Evening Garden Cub, contact 781-769-3854 or visit www.NorwoodEveningGardenClub.com.