Scholarships Recipients

Caleb FAULKNER 

Caleb is currently attending the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture where looking after plants is his passion. Caleb wants to impact the landscape of Ontario by becoming a consulting arborist and extending the life span of trees in urban conditions. 

Benjamin JOY 

In his first year of the Professional Horticulture program at the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture, Ben is immensely grateful to the Foundation for supporting his career path. Ben has spent time all over Canada working in the silviculture industry and as a farmhand, and is looking forward to gaining experience, new skills and quality instruction that will expand his knowledge base in horticulture. 

Philip KLOET 

Philip has been working in the landscape industry for the past three summers with his father’s business, Rock Crest Landscapes. During that time, Philip has aspired to create unique quality landscapes that serve meaning to customers. This passion led him to attend Fanshawe College to study landscape design. 

Ashley LEGGE 

Ashley took the landscaping and horticulture SHSM program in high school and completed a co-op placement with a landscaping company. Currently a first year landscape architecture student at the University of Guelph, Ashley looks forward to using her knowledge and experience to create designs that better the environment and society. 

Madelyn PILKEY 

Madelyn’s passion for plants began at a seasonal job in a garden centre in her hometown of Bowmanville, Ont. She now studies plants on a greater scale in the Horticulture Technician program at Niagara College. Her interest in horticulture stemmed from discovering the beauty within native landscapes and their greater impacts within communities.