About Us
The Long Island Flower Growers’ Association, commonly known as LIFGA, is a member organization of horticulture professionals located on Long Island.  It was incorporated in 1959.  The goal of the organization is to support education and research in the horticulture field, promote locally grown ornamental plant material and to educate the public about Long Island-grown superior high quality plants.
Scholarship

In LIFGA’s effort to support education within the horticultural field, it has provided a new scholarship, available in 2006, for students from Long Island.  To qualify for this scholarship, students must currently be in college or planning to attend college.  They must also be studying horticulture or a related field such as plant pathology, entomology, engineering, weed science, etc. in a two or four-year program.

Students may easily apply for this scholarship through FIRST, a nonprofit organization with more than 40 years of experience serving the floriculture industry.

To qualify for a LIFGA Scholarship you must:

Be pursuing a career that is in a horticulture-related field.
Have a minimum 3.0 grade point average to be considered for most scholarships. (Applicants with lower grade point averages may be considered if they have otherwise outstanding qualifications or extenuating circumstances.)
Either be a citizen or resident of the US or Canada—or be enrolled in an accredited educational institution in the US or Canada.
Be a resident of one of the towns, cities, or villages on Long Island, New York.
Application procedure:  Applications for the LIFGA Scholarship are due by May 1.
For application instructions, link to the FIRST website:  http://firstinfloriculture.org/