LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club is once again offering the Elizabeth Whitehead Memorial Scholarship.

Seniors in high school or students who have graduated from a Lake County high school and are continuing their education are invited to apply for the $1,000 scholarship.

Applying students must be majoring in botany, conservation, entomology, floriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscape architecture/design, biology or plant genetics, urban planning, agriculture, environmental science or related fields, and planning to enter the work force in their field of study.  Past recipients may apply.

Students must have a 2.75 grade point average or better to apply. They may be attending or plan to attend an academic or vocational school as a full time student in the 2014-15 school year.

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 Susan Buckles 279-0192 if you have questions or you are unable to locate an application from your guidance counselor.

For more information regarding the garden club, visit http://www.clttgc.org/ .

The 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 Carol Dobusch invites interested gardeners to join them.

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