FLORENCE, Wis. — Glacial Gardeners Association volunteers are once again offering the Inga Fleming Memorial Scholarship to area residents.

Students pursuing a two- or four-year degree in one of these qualifying majors are eligible: agriculture or applied economics, agricultural education, agronomy, botany, entomology, environmental sciences, forest service, horticulture, landscape architecture, plant pathology, soil science or wildlife ecology.

Students may be first year or returning. Applications for the $500 award are available at all high school counselor offices in Iron and Dickinson counties in Michigan as well as Florence and the Niagara corner of Marinette counties in Wisconsin, along with the financial aid offices at Bay College West campus in Iron Mountain and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College site in Aurora, Wis. Applications are also available online at https://florence.extension.wisc.edu. Deadline for application is June 15.

To date, Glacial Gardeners have awarded more than $25,000 in scholarships. Glacial Gardeners is a Wisconsin Volunteer Association and work in conjunction with University of Wisconsin-Extension to extend university-based research on horticulture to the general public.

They are involved in many projects in local communities and with schools. It is through the plant sale that is the last Saturday in May, that the money is raised to fund these scholarships and other projects.

Any questions can be sent to glacial.gardeners@gmail.com, or go to their Facebook page.