Spring 2014 Landscape Award

The early spring landscape award goes to Norman and Carol McDaniel of 12535 Monterey Circle.  Their brick home is surrounded by mature trees that will provide welcome shade in summer, but in early spring let the sun shine on the dogwoods and azaleas attractively placed in the yard. The trees are neatly mulched but the mulch is properly applied and doesn't overpower the landscape.
The pots of red geraniums on the porch draw the eye to the front door and will help to transition the yard from the color provided by the azaleas.  The laciness of a nandina bush and the ornamental cherry tree on either side of the front porch provide a variety of shapes while allowing light through to the windows behind them.
There is a well- designed shade garden to the left of the yard bordered by attractive stone and nicely planted between the trees.  While the Beautification Committee looks mainly at the front landscape, glimpses of the back yard through the fence entice the eye with more azaleas and dogwood.  A beautiful spring landscape (selected during the first week in May) that will transition well into the other seasons! (Marge Stevens & Rosemary Weller)

Fall 2013 Landscape Award

Again the beautification committee saw many impressive landscapes worthy of an award. This fall the Landscape of the Month Award goes to the property of William and Pamela Terrell at 1300 Swan Creek Road.
The front has a very pleasant appeal with crape myrtle trees that add a lovely proportion to other shrubs and plants in the yard.  The view moves the eye down a brick sidewalk to the front door of the home.  Just outside the front door are beds with nandinas and azaleas. There had been some annual flowers in the beds that were recently cleaned out for the fall. Liriope plants, sedum, and coral bells also add a beautiful welcome to the front yard. Congratulations to the Terrells – keep up the great gardening you are doing (Ann Farson and Lydia Barbour)

Spring 2013 Landscape Award

This season the Landscape Beautification Award from the Tanta-Cove Garden Club and the TCA goes to the home of Dr. Frank and Diane Ryan at 12805 Lost Lake Circle.
Situated in a small cul-de-sac, the yard has brought together all the elements of good design through the careful selection of evergreen, flowering shrubs and small trees.  Of special interest, near the house entrance is a lovely lacy red leaf maple acting as a background for a small waterfall pool.  Blooming pansies, azaleas, and white dogwood announce that spring has finally arrived. (Helen Aviles)

Fall 2012 Landscape Award

The Landscape Beautification Award for Fall 2012 goes to Norman and Terry Busada of 12216 Candlelight Circle.  Situated at the end of the cul-de-sac, the landscape draws the eye from curbside to front door with the brilliant display of late season begonias. The large pine, the ornamental mature trees and well-pruned shrubbery complement the clean lines of the house’s architecture without overwhelming them.  Also, the variety of color and shape of the trees and shrubs provide visual interest.  The overall effect is one of carefully selected plantings and well-tended gardens.  We salute the Busadas for maintaining such a lovely yard in spite of this year’s drought!

Spring 2012 Landscape Award

This season, our Landscape Winner is the property at 1209 Firth of Lorne, owned by Grace D. Wiggins, who purchased the house in 2001.  The lot slopes gently downward from the street, and the driveway bisects the lot.  A small knoll at the front of the lot is graced by a lovely armillary on a pedestal. The house appears to sit well back from the street, but this is largely illusion by design.  Low, lantern topped brick pillars and decorative wrought iron fencing separate an interior terrace area from the lawn, providing a shaded spot for a birdbath and for the gardener herself.
The landscaping plan is an outstanding example of a beautiful, textural design that provides shade, privacy and color in every season.   A curving hedge of burgundy barberry encloses a spiky black pine, leatherleaf viburnum, and a lacy Japanese maple.  Close by the entranceway, a honeylocust‘s   nearly chartreuse foliage speaks in vivid contrast.  A weeping Norway spruce adds a darker note.  To the right of the entrance, a mature weeping Atlas cedar contrasts the burgundy foliages that repeat throughout the design plan.  Small blue spruce, mahonia and spiky agave accent the color theme.  A low tiered dogwood anchors the corner of the structure.  This is a landscape that relies on color and texture of foliage rather than flowers for its impact.  Well done!  (Michelle Gish and Joyce Hawkins).

Fall 2011 Landscape Award

The lovely home of Dennis and Trudy See, 101 River Forest Lane, is complemented by its well-designed and maintained landscaping and accent plants.  Large, healthy ferns in elegant containers highlight the front entrance, and boxwood and azalea shrubs are appropriate to the home's architecture.The accent trees of Nellie Stevens holly and crepe myrtle on each corner frame the house in proportion to the overall planting design.  An unobtrusive split rail fence along the lengthy left edge of the property backs a garden containing a beautiful mix of plantings which soften the brick hardscape of the driveway.  The overall impression of the home is inviting, colorful and pleasing to the eye. (Judy Meade and Jean Rositol)

Summer 2011 Landscape Award

The late summer (August/September) Landscape of the Month Award went to Anthony and Carylon Green of 12600 Monterey Circle, for an all-season landscape offering seasonal color, hardiness of plant materials, and ease of care.
Chamaecyparis, also known as ‘false cypress,’ dominate the foundation plantings. At the front door, a composition of feathery “Gold Mops” cypress, glossy pachysandra, dark needled mugho pine and birdsnest spruce welcome the visitor. A feather leaf cypress anchors the opposite side of the door way. Along the front, a dark, glossy holly hedge serves as a backdrop for the miniature blue spruce and mahonia that bring the steely blue color of the shutters into play along the façade. Careful placement of the sunny “Gold Mops” cypress punctuates the deep afternoon shade on the front of the house. A blooming crepe myrtle provides summer color.
An island bed alongside the driveway features a pair of spring-flowering Yoshino cherry trees and a weeping spruce. A blaze of autumn color is waiting its turn in the leaves of the large bald cypress tree on the opposite side of the driveway. Come winter, the foundation plantings will retain their color while snows highlight the bare branches. (Michelle Gish and Rosemary Weller)