When Ted and I first arrived on our farm we hadn’t the first idea what we were going to do with it. Ted had just completed his degree in agriculture, but that didn’t exactly make us farmers. As a child, I had spent only brief periods on my grandparents’ farm, and Ted couldn’t claim even that much experience.

Still, the day we stood together for the first time on that gently sloping hillside, gazing down toward the Sturgeon River, we knew we had found the right place. We were young and we had a gorgeous piece of land: our potential seemed limitless.

Ted reached down and grabbed a handful of topsoil, squeezed it in his fist, and smelled it. I was surprised that somebody who hadn’t been brought up on a farm would ever think to do that. There’s a beautiful smell to good soil, particularly when it’s a little damp. Ted, from his courses at university, knew that. He inhaled deeply, then turned to me and said, “This is number one soil.” It was so black, so deep, so rich, and so wonderful. He knew we could grow practically anything we wanted on this land.

—Lois Hole
from the book 'I'll Never Marry A Farmer'

Hole's Greenhouses & Gardens
Care and Nurture Leadership Scholarship
Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics

$2500 will be awarded to a student with superior academic achievement entering the first year of an undergraduate degree program in the Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics at the University of Alberta. Recipients will be chosen on the basis of leadership qualities as demonstrated by involvement in extracurricular activities and community service and academic standing.

People wishing to make donations in
Mr. Hole’s memory may contribute to the
Hole’s Greenhouses and Gardens Care and Nurture Scholarship

Donors simply need to state that they are giving their gift "In Memory of Mr Ted Hole" and it will be directed to the Hole's Greenhouses and Gardens Care and Nurture Leadership Scholarship.

Recipients of the Hole's Greenhouses & Gardens
Care and Nurture Leadership Scholarship

2004
Ms Darcy Ludwig, Whelan, SK,