Congratulations to our neighbors Jean and Dave Bever at 3408 Park Hill Place! They are the winners of the Country Hills Garden Club Beauty Spot Award for October 2020. The grounds around their CCH ranch-style house feature an enviable landscape that draws compliments throughout the year. A lustrous, green lawn borders the driveway which leads to a medley of shrub shapes in linear planting beds along the house walls. Rhododendron, azalea, euonymus, and laurel bushes next to their compact companion plants of nandina and blue star juniper display reliable color and texture even during Virginia’s grayest, coldest days. For spring and summer seasons, the Bevers add pizzazz to the view with the continuous blooms of annuals and roses and the unique foliage of lamb’s ear and liriope plants.  This month the front yard captures the excitement that comes with the start of autumn and the anticipation of harvest-time holidays. A banner with a bright–eyed owl dressed in Halloween costume leads a parade of seasonal flowers. A pattern of alternating yellow, white, and blue pansies embellished with glossy, orange pumpkins and a glowing yellow chrysanthemum brings movement and rhythm to the scene. This landscape’s lineup of garden favorites guarantees a star-studded grand finale for the growing season.

Happy Autumn!

Anita Johnson and Nancy LeBow