Sponsored by the Garden Club of America (GCA), the Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design will be awarded annually to an exceptional graduate student to assist with study and research at a leading American institution. Eligible applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (also called permanent resident aliens). This fellowship reflects and promotes the GCA's interest in supporting garden history and design and examining the future of gardens and their unique place in our environment. Today, with growing constraints on all open space, the art of the garden increases in importance. Professionals have expressed the need to focus on American garden history and design, and have expressed dismay at the lack of funding help for talented students. Project study should have a wide scope, such as investigating new techniques of garden restoration; studying how small gardens created by community groups have impacted public gardens; exploring and documenting physical, emotional, and spiritual healing properties of the garden; and instigating the development of gardens that use ecological and regenerative concepts, to name but a few possibilities. Two letters of recommendation are required, one must be a letter of endorsement from the applicant's faculty advisor that also certifies the student's enrollment. Please visit the fellowship's website or contact the Landscape Architecture Foundation for more information.