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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Great gardens.

 My old Pennsylvania home.

While Lauren and I were at camp, Mark was hosting visitors to our garden.

 Hanging basket.

Each year, the Shaler Garden Club hosts the Great Gardens Tour which features several private gardens in the area. The proceeds of the tour benefit the Shaler Area North Hills Library, which received a national award for excellence in 2012.

Flower bed.

That same year, we entered the library's Great Garden's contest which lead us to be invited to feature our garden on this year's tour.

 Swing.

Since April, Mark has labored tirelessly for countless hours to get the garden into shape, and this is just a sampling of the fruits of his labor. All the tour visitors raved about his work.

Boxwood bunnies.

The garden is really in full bloom right now. And it wouldn't be a Ross Family summer without sitting on the porch watching the hummingbirds flutter around the bee balm.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great job Mark - it is really a lot of work to make a yard beautiful and you did - I know everyone was impressed with your talent and ability - love you and will always have your rock gardens around my house that you did as a child as long as I own my house wouldn't change them