The Trainors, formerly from Massachusetts, have been living in Palm Coast since 2002. Gary is a Tooling Design Engineer and works in Ormond. Karen is an animal behaviorist and has rescued a deaf one-eyed cat, teaching him “Tommy Jack Sparrow” cat sign language!
They were selected for their curb appeal and diversity of plants in their front yard. In the left corner, they have a large Australian umbrella tree that can grow up to 50 feet. They had no idea when they brought it down from Massachusetts in a small pot.
They were going for the fire look when they planted their front garden with colorful mums, trumpet roses, poinsettias, and various crotons—evening primrose, vincas, Hawaiian Ti, schefflera, firecracker, and sanchezia plants.
There are columns at both ends, and the entrance one has beautiful climbing red Mandeville’s. Behind this garden is their favorite place to sit outside and enjoy their bounty. Karen has two blueberry bushes, two pineapples, rosemary, English thyme, parsley, basil, oregano, and kiwi started from seed.
On the right side, there is a beautiful, large plumbago in full bloom, two pink crape myrtles, orange hibiscus, and several prickly pear cacti.
We were very fortunate to be able to see their gardens, as we just had two nights and days of very cold weather. Thank you, Karen, for covering them in time for the cold blast!
Submitted by Nancy Iandoli
Selection of the Month Committee