Marian Malugani received the Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club's monthly landscape design award on Monday, May 24, 2010. Photo by Claire Grieve.

LAKE COUNTY – On Monday, Marian and Dan Malugani were greeted with a knock on their door by three Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club members who told Marian Malugani that her garden has been chosen to receive the Monthly Landscape Design Award certificate and sign to be placed in her garden/yard for the month of June.

This award is to recognize beauty in our community. CLTTGC members recommend gardens, front yards only, and submit them to the committee. Garden Club members’ yards are not eligible.

Yards will be judged on best design, trees and shrubs are acceptable, and colorful blooms are not necessary. Water-wise designs are also welcome.

The winner of that month will be asked to display a special sign in their yard. Jerry Shaul created the sign. It will be owned by the club and passed on each month to the next winner.

The committee consisting of Claire Grieve, Linda Pyers and Ann Blue will judge gardens in the County of Lake.

CLTTGC members enjoy these gardens and want to award/recognize people who work very hard to create beautiful landscapes.

A gardener's beautiful garden is his/her gift to the neighborhood.

The club meets at noon on the third Tuesday of the month, September through May, 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 and President-elect Linda Waterstraat, 707-279-1270, 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.

For more information see www.clttgc.org.