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David Colegrave Foundation hands out £12,500 in student scholarships

More than £12,500 of scholarships has been awarded by the (DCF) to nine students studying horticulture.

        
Left to right: Jamie Satterthwaite, Lydia Mackay, Natasha Golley

The awards include the DCF’s own Student Scholarships as well as several Sponsored Scholarships from South West Growers Show, Ball Colegrave and the British Protected Ornamentals Association.

An award for the Markham-Colegrave Scholarship supporting a study tour to the US was also made this year.

Scholarships have been awarded to:

Student Scholarships  (£1,000) – James Crawford, CAFRE Greenmount College; Lydia Mackay, Pershore College; Natasha Golley, Askham Bryan College; Ran Lyu, Writtle College; Stephen Massam, RHS;  Steven Jenkins, Pershore College (£500)

South West Growers Show Scholarship (£1,500) – James Jones, Bicton College

Ball Colegrave Scholarship  (£1,500) – Steven Jenkins, Pershore College.

British Protected Ornamentals Association - Peter Seabrook Bursary  (£1,000) – Connor Deacon, Nottingham Trent University

Markham-Colegrave International Scholarship Award ($4,500) – Jamie Satterthwaite, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).

        
Left to right: Ran Lyu, Stephen Massam, Steven Jenkins

Jeff Colegrave, DCF Trustee, said the calibre of this year’s scholarship applications highlighted the promising level of talent coming into the horticultural industry. “Those awarded are all a great investment, with interests that include production and commercial horticulture as well as plant pathology and new technology,” he added.

More than £46,000 worth of scholarships have been awarded in the past four years to students studying at 12 UK colleges. The next Scholarship Season runs from Sep 2016 to Jan 2017.

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