From left, Don Smith, president North Lake Garden Club, and Marc Giberson, tree chairman, North Lake Garden Club. Courtesy photo.

NICE, Calif. – The North Lake Garden Club is working on the final preparations for its inaugural Gardening, Craft, Bazaar & Boutique Faire.

The event will be held Saturday, Nov. 27, at the Sons of Italy, 2817 E. Highway 20, Nice.

The North Lake Garden Club objectives are to encourage interest in all phases of home gardening and in civic beautification; to promote better horticultural practices; and to encourage conservation of natural resources.

The club promotes civic beautification by planting trees in their communities.

In preparation for the upcoming holiday gardening faire, Marc Giberson, tree chairman, and Don Smith, president of North Lake Garden Club, planted two upright, columnar, evergreen, Blue Italian Cypress (cupressus semp 'glauca') in large pots owned by the Sons of Italy.

This is a gift to the Sons of Italy for allowing the club to hold their event at their facility.

Many of these trees can be seen around Lake County as they are used for screens, windbreak and formal gardens.

The cypress take full fun and are hardy to zero degrees.

North Lake Garden Club is a member of California Garden Clubs Inc., National Garden Clubs Inc. and the Mendo-Lake District.