Proceeds from the Westlake Village Garden Club’s 36th annual garden tour were recently distributed as scholarships to students and as donations to several local community and Na

ional Garden Club projects.

Four students were each presented with a $1,000.00 scholarship. Adam Clause is attend

ng UC Davis. Lindsay Griffin

s transferring from Oxnard Col

ege to UC Santa Barbara. Amanda Lansing is transferring from Moorpark College to Cal State Channel Islands. Jacqueline Eldridge is transferring from Ventura College to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The Conejo Valley Botanic Garden received a $2,500 dona

ion. President Jean Reiley of

he botanic garden accepted the donation from the club’s past president Carol Amenta at a recent club meeting.

An additional $100 was given to the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden Trail of Trees to use for infrastructure, footpaths, purchasing and planting of trees, and picnic tables.

The Trail of Trees began in 2005 with a $2,500 grant from the Principal Financial Group/ National Garden Clubs Inc. program “Let Freedom Ring” with matching funds that year from the Westlake Village Garden Club.

Robin Pokorski. president of the California Garden Clubs Inc., selected the Trail of Trees for her president’s project.

Garden clubs throughout California have donated to the project. The 33-acre garden is managed entirely by volunteers.

Contributions were also made to the Santa Monica Mountain Trail Council and the Conejo Valley Historical Society. National and State Garden Club project contributions included the Theodore Payne Foundation for Native Plants, The Nature Conservancy, Pennies for Pines and the Sempervirons Fund for Redwoods.

The Westlake Village Garden Club will host the 2010 garden tour on Sun., April 25.

For information about the club, call Lucy Hanley at (818) 889-7454.