The City Gardens Club (CGC) of New York City, founded in 1918, is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of nature among school children and to encouraging the preservation and improvement of green spaces throughout the five boroughs.

As a part of the club’s overall mission, the CGC Scholarship Committee is offering a limited number of scholarships for activity-oriented, science-related summer workshops to New York City public school teachers. CGC scholarships will cover:

• The costs of tuition
• “P” in-service credit fees where applicable
• Course materials
• Room and board where required.

Teachers will cover their own transportation costs.

Elementary, middle and high school teachers who cover science in the classroom in a New York City public school are eligible.

For the summer of 2012, scholarships were offered for eight programs offered by four organizations: The New York Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Queens Botanical Garden, the Horticultural Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. For more detail, see Programs.

Note that the deadline for completed scholarship applications and required endorsements for summer 2012 has passed. Applications for 2013 will be available early in 2013. If you are interested in being notified when the application for 2013 scholarships is available, please sign up for our email list.