LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – At a recent potluck picnic at Dana DiRicco Benjamin's Upper Lake farm, officers for the 2016-2017 term for the Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club were initiated.  

New officers included Kathleen Steinberg, secretary; Dana DiRicco Benjamin, president; Debra Watson O'Dell, co-vice president; Karen Yows, treasurer; Maureen Brasier, co-vice president; and Nancy Benkelman, parliamentarian.

Benjamin said she is very enthusiastic about her term and will be having a planning meeting at the Umpqua Bank at 10 a.m. July 21.

Her theme is “Fauna, Flora, Food and Fun” as well as “Landscape Design.”

The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club is a member of the Mendo-Lake District of the California Garden Club Inc.-Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.

The club meets the third Tuesday of the month from September to June.

If you are interested in joining, they are interested in welcoming you. For information call Evy Escalante at 707-263-3632.

Kathleen Steinberg is publicity chair for the Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club.