{"id":1895,"date":"2023-07-12T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/ensuring-tomorrows-leaders-have-access-to-floral-education-today"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:27:41","slug":"ensuring-tomorrows-leaders-have-access-to-floral-education-today","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/ensuring-tomorrows-leaders-have-access-to-floral-education-today","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring Tomorrow\u2019s Leaders Have Access to Floral Education Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Phillip Family left a profound impact on floral design through the James and Helen Phillip Floral Design Grant<\/a>, and today, their legacy is carried forward through the work of inspired floral design students at six institutions across the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

This grant directly supports floral design programs, ensuring a robust learning environment and making floral design programs more attractive to students. Bringing more students into floral design helps to both educate them on the wide range of career possibilities in our industry, and to cultivate a pool of skilled workers who can fill positions in retail flower shops or start their own businesses after graduation. AFE educational grants like these strive to educate, uplift and provide resources for the next generation of our industry \u2014 ensuring a healthy future for floriculture and our labor force.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

This year, the James and Helen Phillip Floral Design Grant provided $33,000 to support scholarships for students pursuing floral design education and certification. After careful consideration of applications, the grant committee approved a total of $33,000 for the following institutions:<\/span><\/p>