Market gardener’s legacy designed to help students
Perpetual Guardian is calling for horticulture students to apply for a funding boost to help further their education and career pathway into this vital industry.
Applications for the Frank SydenhamTrust Scholarships, which will see 10 local Bay of Plenty students receive a significant boost of $10,000 each, close tomorrow.
FrankSydenhamwas one of the first people to achieve aMasters degree in horticulture inNew Zealand. Hewas a market gardener wholeft the city of Tauranga an extraordinary double legacy: SydenhamBotanical Park and scholarship opportunities for students from the Bay of Plenty undertaking postgraduate studies in the fields he wasmost passionate about. Specifically, the Frank
SydenhamTrust Scholarship 1978 provides discretionary annual postgraduate horticulture, agriculture or forestry scholarships to former students from schools within the statutory boundary of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.
Perpetual Guardian branch manager Jan Middlemiss says while Perpetual Guardian is actively involved as a trustee in managing the scholarships, the real rewardcomes whenrecipients are awarded for their passion.
“There is no question that students regard this scholarship as an absolute privilege, and it is always received in a spirit of humility and celebration.
“The horticulture industry is essential for our country, and Frank Sydenhamwasone of first to achieve aMasters in horticulture, paving the wayfor many. We take enormous satisfaction from being in a position to award Frank’s legacy and support the studentswhoare committed to a career in the horticulture industry.”
Since 2002, there have been 35 scholarships, totaling about $250,000, awarded.
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