NICE, Calif. – The North Lake Garden Club will host its inaugural Holiday Gardening, Craft Bazaar & Boutique Faire on Saturday, Nov. 27.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sons of Italy building, located at 2817 E. Highway 20, in Nice.

The event will include two demonstrations, flower arranging by Wil Gonzales and garden art tripping stones by Jackie Hodges and Marie Ulvila.

There will be other gardening-related activities. Arts and crafts vendors also will be available, selling holiday gifts.

Admission is free and there will be door prizes, and a 50/50 drawing.

Come enjoy tea and homemade goodies at the Tea House. Luncheon will be Coney Island hot dogs, chili and corn bread.

Come by and learn about various plants, nurseries, flower arranging plus supplies and garden-related crafts.

Three booths providing information about garden clubs will be Willits Garden Club, Mendo-Lake District and North Lake Garden Club.

The Veggie Gardening 101 students will teach healthy snack eating for kids, and Kids Growing Strong, a California Garden Clubs Inc. program will provide hands on fun crafts for kids.

The purpose of Kids Growing Strong is to inspire children and their families to adopt a healthy lifestyle through garden-based education, proper nutrition and active living.

As a donation to the Sons of Italy, Marc Giberson, tree chairman, and Don Smith, president of North Lake Garden Club, planted two Blue Italian Cypress, Cupressus sempervirens Glauca.

Proceeds from this event will help the North Lake Garden Club work toward providing a scholarship for students, and other club sponsor gardening related events for the community throughout the year.