From left, Nora Gerrard and Rena Clifton tend the flower garden with the Blue Star Memorial sign in downtown Lakeport, Calif. Photo by Claire Grieve.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – In Courthouse Square in downtown Lakeport, next to the Veterans' Building, there is a flower garden with the Blue Star Memorial sign.

Members of the Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club provide and plant these flowers.

Thanks to the city of Lakeport, which makes sure the flowers are watered.

Nora Gerrard and Rena Clifton were busy planting new flowering plants this week. The garden club is proud to honor veterans in this garden display.

Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club meets at noon on the third Tuesday of each month, September through May, at Scotts Valley Women's Club House, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport.

For more information, call President Helen Turley, 707-262-1721 or www.clttgc.org.

Members, guests and all interested are most welcome.