HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – The Hidden Valley Lake Garden Club is accepting applications from qualified Lake County high school seniors for its third annual allocation of scholarships totaling $1,500.

The purpose of the scholarship is to assist students who attend either a community college or a four-year college and major in one of the following certificate or degree programs: horticulture, landscape, botany, viticulture, plant science, crop or soil science, forestry, floristry, natural resource management, environmental science or agricultural production.

In order to qualify, students must plan to attend a community or four-year college in the 2015-16 school year and to be involved in one of the above certificate or degree programs; must have a 2.5 cumulative grade point average; and must submit the application together with transcripts, three letters of recommendation and a recent photograph by the March 27 deadline.

Application requirements and materials are available from counselors or scholarship coordinators at the county high schools.

The selection process includes a paper-screening and a possible interview for finalists.

The committee will look at the applicant’s high school classes, activities, and community service related to the planned field of study.

Further information can be obtained from scholarship co-chair Marsha Willard at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .