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Giving To The Colorado Floriculture Foundation
The following Floriculture programs are funded by donations, bequeaths, silent auction purchases and event participation: Colorado State University Trial Grounds, Regional Greenhouse Extension office, The Holley Research and Endowment Fund, The Phil Gerace Finnel Memorial Scholarship and The Gordon Koon Scholarship
Shop and Help CFF Grow
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Colorado State University Trial Grounds
Funds help ensure the successful expansion, progress, development and future of the Colorado State University trial gardens.Regional CSU Extension Plant Disorder Assistance
The Foundation provides funds to help maintain and equip a regional plant diagnostic laboratory where diseases and growth problems can be evaluated.Holley Research Professorship and Endowment Fund
The Foundation established an Endowment at Colorado State University to support a part time Professor who coordinates timely floriculture research for the industry using junior and senior students.Education and Scholarship Programs
The Phil Gerace Finnel Memorial Scholarship program was established by the Gerace Family within the Foundation as a memorial to their daughter and sister. Each year outstanding horticulture students at Colorado State University are provided a scholarship to help advance their education. Most of the students, through the scholarships, choose horticulture as a career. 2005 RecepientThe Gordon Koon Scholarship Program was established by the
former Charter President of CFF, Gordon Koon. The purpose of the program is to
provide scholarships to students wishing some type of career in the Horticulture industry.Funding for Colorado’s Agriculture in the Classroom Program
involving the “Colorado Reader” a monthly magazine distributed to over 1000 grade schools in the state. The Reader and teacher’s guide allows the students to understand the connection of Horticulture to Agriculture.
