LAKE COUNTY – The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club is offering two $1,000 scholarships this year.

Club President Jo Jameson said the club is proud to offer the scholarships this year in memory of Elizabeth Whitehead and to honor current member Carol Kesey.

Applicants should be seniors in high school or students who have graduated from a Lake County high school and are continuing their education.

Students must have a 2.75 grade point average or better to apply. Students may be attending or plan to attend an academic or vocational school as a full time student in the 2010-11 school year.

All of the above students are eligible to apply, however preference will be given to students who are interested in or majoring in a field related to the following: botany, conservation, entomology, floriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscape architecture/design, biology or plant genetics, urban planning, agriculture, environmental science or related fields.

Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation, a recent photograph that is suitable for duplication, and a transcript with SAT or ACT tests if these tests have been taken.

Applications are available from counselors or scholarship coordinators at Clear Lake High, Kelseyville High, Upper Lake High, Middletown and Lower Lake High School as well as at Mendocino and Yuba Colleges.

Scholarship applications and supporting materials must be received by April 15 to be considered. Please call Leanne Harvey at 707-263-0850 if you have questions or you are unable to locate an application.

For more information regarding the Garden Club, 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, Calif. Garden Club, Inc., Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.

Leanne Harvey is the Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club's scholarship coordinator.