Danica Schueck, of Macungie, was the recipient of a $1,500 scholarship award from the Emmaus Garden Club at a club luncheon held Aug. 2 at Faith Presbyterian Church, N. Second St., in Emmaus.

Schueck will attend Penn State University majoring in plant and agricultural science, with career plans to be a farming botanist.

Schueck said she has always been drawn to nature, specifically to botanicals.

For her, planting and gardening is a form of comfort and an escape from the industrial world, she said.

Schueck has been a Faith Church youth group leader and a member of the Emmaus High School Chorale. She writes her own music and has been involved in theater productions.

She is the daughter of Alex and Nevin Schueck, of Macungie.