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Ms. Kara Conn is the winner of the 2019 Kate Hillhouse Scholarship. The $2,500 award will support her pursuit of a Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin this fall.
Kara was a senior geography major in the Honors College at University of North Texas in Denton when she applied for the scholarship. She was also a Terry Scholar, an honor bestowed on students who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership and service, and she studied abroad at the University of Leeds, where she studied sustainability.
To prepare for her graduate degree, Kara worked two spring seasons at Meador Nursery in Denton, where she discovered the rewarding world of gardening and began to develop her knowledge of the native plants of North Texas. Kara learned of the importance of natives in school but really saw their benefits in action at the garden center. Customers boasted of how easily their natives thrived and attracted pollinators and wildlife. Ms. Conn is very excited to learn more about these native plants as well as how to design with them. As a landscape architect, she looks forward to designing naturally beautiful landscapes that improve the environmental, physical, and mental health of her community.
The Kate Hillhouse Scholarship is offered each year to Texas college students by the Native Plant Society of Texas. The award is funded by donations and by proceeds from the silent auction and quilt raffle held each year during the fall symposium.
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