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| Students
work in Threave Gardens |
To
further our mission of fostering the exchange of ideas and people
between North America and Scotland, Scottish Heritage USA provides
scholarships and exchanges for both United States and National Trust
for Scotland personnel. Our first project, which continues to this
day, is a scholarship for a United States horticultural student
to spend one year working at Threave Gardens in Castle Douglas,
Scotland, and learning Scottish horticultural techniques.
For
more than 20 years Scottish Heritage USA also underwrote a scholarship
for a second-year Threave student to study at Longwood Gardens.
However, when the Threave program became a one-year graduate course
of study, Scottish Heritage USA, instead sponsored a gardener/instructor
to visit teaching gardens in this country to learn more about American
methods of horticultural instruction.
Scottish
Heritage USA has also sponsored National Trust for Scotland conservator/rangers
to visit National Park Service workshops held at Harpers Ferry,
West Virginia, to learn about United States conservation methods.
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| Scholarship
recipient, Lauren Driscoll, at work in Threave Gardens |
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