The latest winners of the Garden Club of Bermuda Scholarship have wide ranging career interests, but all share a common goal to make the world a little greener.

This year four students: Anna Terceira, Rachael Antonition, Kidane Callender and Hutson E Carter II received $5,000 through the annual scholarship.

“Each year, members of The Garden Club hold fund-raising events to support our scholarship and community giving programmes,” said Deanna Moss, Chairman of the Garden Club of Bermuda scholarship committee.

“Naturally, as a garden club, our scholarships are awarded to students who are studying horticulture and environmental courses, or courses which are closely related to horticulture.”

Ms Terceira is a life-skills coordinator at Windreach Recreational Village.

She planned to use her scholarship money to study horticultural therapy.

Ms Moss said: “Rachael Antonition could not find employment locally after graduating with her degree in Landscape Architecture so, after working for a year, she is doing a more specialised diploma in Garden Design in the hope the two qualifications will help find employment, maybe even work for herself.”

Ms Antonition, will be taking a one-year course for a Diploma in Garden Design at the London College of Garden Design.

Mr Callender is the youngest of this year’s recipients.

He has just graduated from CedarBridge Academy and during the past year was a day-release student working for the Parks Department at the Arboretum.

There he developed his interest in becoming skilled in the care of trees and landscaping.

He will be entering the first year of a four-year course in Arboriculure and Landscaping at Warwick College.

Mr Carter is entering the second and final year of a course to qualify in golf course operations in Florida at Florida Gateway College.

He is married with a young child and worked at Port Royal Golf Course before going away to earn a qualification.

For more information about the Garden Club of Bermuda see: www.gardenclubbermuda.org/scholarships.htm.