Scholarships

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2025 - Two scholarships were awarded to Horticulture students at Palo Alto College. Isabelle Harrison (pictured on the left) Peggy Jones, Past President (center) and Isaac Price (right), both focusing on Floral Design.

2025 - Chloe Wilson, Masters student in Horticulture at Texas Tech in Lubbock was awarded the Mary Irish Scholarship, photo not available.

Congratulations to the 2024 Mary Irish Memorial Scholarship winner Alessandra Holvek (left) who is pictured with Shirley Fox, SAGC Scholarship Chairman. The SAGC Scholarship Program is designed to benefit students in horticulture and related studies at a Texas college or university.

Congratulations to Erik Guerra, our SAGC Fall 2023 Scholarship Winner. Erik is majoring in Horticulture at Palo Alto College. From left to right are Dee Sanders, Shirley Fox, Erik Guerra, and Robin Maymar.

Mary Irish Memorial Scholarship Fund

In 2022 San Antonio Garden Center established the Mary Irish Memorial Scholarship to honor the late horticulturist and author Mary Irish who wrote 10 popular books on gardening in Texas and the southwest. Through her writing, garden talks, and volunteer work at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens, Mary was an inspiration and incomparable asset to our San Antonio gardening community. A generous initial donation from Charles Bartlett, local garden designer, funds this scholarship. We welcome any additional contributions designated for The Mary Irish Memorial Scholarship fund.

For more information email us at: info@thesanantoniogardencenter.org.