LAKEPORT – Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club (CLTTGC) is honoring Carol Kesey by awarding one of two $1,000 scholarships in her name.

CLTTGC was organized in Sept. 21, 1955. Kesey, a charter member, celebrated her 92nd birthday Dec. 5, 2009.

She said that in 1955 “instead of being one of the oldest members I was one of the youngest with a baby girl in tow.”

Kesey continues to be a very active member. She enjoys growing and sharing her beautiful flowers. We are all blessed when we drive by her home and take in the lovely view.

She helped name the club when a proper name was required in order to enter in the Lake County Fair. Kesey has consistently won numerous awards with her show stopping arrangements and individual flower specimen’s that she enters in the fair each year.

Kesey grows prize-winning chrysanthemums which she graciously shares with arrangers participating in the November Chrysanthemum Show, which is free to the public.

She is from a family of educators and is aware of the value of a college education and the need for scholarships to aid in reaching that goal.

Kesey taught at Lakeport Grammar School. Her husband, the late Bill Kesey, was Lake County School Superintendent. Their son, Tom Kesey, is a retired vice president of Mendocino College. Tom Kesey’s wife, Jane, taught for Ukiah’s schools.

Tom and Jane Kesey’s son, Roy Kesey, is an international teacher and author of several books. Roy Kesey has taught in France, Peru and China.

Alexandria, Tom and Jane Kesey’s 10-year-old granddaughter, is following in her great-grandma Carol’s footsteps and has entered and won awards in flower arranging in the Ukiah District Fair. She enjoys going through her great-grandma's collection of vases to choose just the right one.

Kesey's two other children, Jim and Laura, also are college graduates with careers in other areas.

In 1992 CLTTGC established a scholarship fund of $250 in memory of Elizabeth Whitehead. By 2004 the scholarships fund had grown to its present level of two $1,000 scholarships.

Watch for a news release from CLTTGC Scholarship committee detailing all the information needed to apply for one of our scholarships.

For more information see www.clttgc.org .

The garden club meets at noon on the third Tuesday of the month at the Scotts Valley Women's Club House, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport.

Members, guests and all interested are most welcome. President Jo Jameson, 707-263-4039, invites interested gardeners to join us.

Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club is a member of Mendo-Lake District, California Garden Club Inc., Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.

Ann Blue is a member of the Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club and last year's scholarship committee chair.