Scholarships available to horticulture students

Each year, the 10th District of the Minnesota State Horticulture Society awards $500 scholarships to college students who are pursuing a degree in the field of horticulture.

To qualify, the student’s parents must reside in the 10th District. Counties in the 10th District are Grant, Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Yellow Medicine, Renville and Meeker.

The student must have satisfactorily completed at least two quarters or one semester at an accredited two- or four-year college and must have taken one or more horticulture classes.

Any student who would like to apply for the District 10 scholarship should contact Vickie Bösl, MSHS 10th District president, 28018 South Shore Drive, Starbuck, MN 56381 or call (320) 239-2529.

Applications must be returned to Bösl no later than February 1, 2013.

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