The Garden Club at Palm Coast

Don and Dolores Ryan of Boulder Rock Drive have been recognized as March Selection of the Month by the Garden Club at Palm Coast.  They moved to Palm Coast from Connecticut in 2001.

Their front yard was heavily damaged from the hurricane but they diligently worked very hard to recreate their gorgeous oriental landscape!

Don has a passion for creating beautiful bonsai trees shaped from Hemlock bushes. On either side of garage there are two tall bonsai bushes. Left side of front door you have a lovely stone bed and red mulch with a usable crossover bridge, pink, white and lavender Azaleas, a large leaf Bird of Paradise, a potted pink Rose bush, a Hawthorn tree with little pink buds and a tall Red Bud tree with beautiful pink flowers.

To the right side of front door is a lovely sitting area and benches to enjoy their lovely yard as well as a big island that has two lovely crossover bridges, two large metal Cranes enjoying the beauty, deep pink Carnations, bright orange Impatiens and Mums in pots, a fragrant pink Rose bush, a Japanese girl statue as well as several oriental Pagoda Lantern Statues throughout with Juniper bushes, round-shaped Boxwoods and each island has several large round stepping stones that the Ryans had engraved a Japanese letter or symbol on each of the stones which adds a nice finishing touch. A must see to enjoy all the beauty this exotic front yard has to offer!

Submitted by Nancy Iandoli
Selection of the Month Committee

Bob and Karen Kovaly of Egan Drive, Palm Coast have been recognized February 2018 Selection of the Month by the Garden Club at Palm Coast.  They are originally from New Jersey and moved to Palm Coast in 2000.

Despite the recent heavy frosts, this yard had little damage. The Kovalys have a unique corner lot which has big islands from the front yard and continues to go around the side with several varieties of succulent plants and native palms which endured the frost. Center island has a large extended Prickly Pear dessert cactus with red tip flowers, Firecracker and Garlic plants, Arbicolas, Bird of Paradise and a Bottle Brush tree.  The Front door has a large Fig Olive tree and a basket of red Poinsettias.

The Kovalys have an Oregon Grape Holly that makes yellow flowers then deep blue edible berries that look like grapes. Going towards the back there are white Gardenias, a large Magnolia, red and white Azaleas, a large Dogwood that produces white flowers a Florida native from the Gainsville area.  Back yard has lots of native bushes, plants, Fan Palms and a Bayberry tree that produces white flowers, a large Camellia tree with red flowers and a pink Crape Myrtle.

Pool side has a very large Bird of Paradise, a Bougainvillea, large Orchids and yellow and blue Bromeliads.

Near the driveway there is a very unique Monkey Puzzle tree a native from Africa also grows in England and Chile that is very prickly even the stem but when fully grown it will resemble a perfect shape Christmas tree.

Submitted by Nancy Iandoli
Selection of the Month Committee

Laura and Antonio Oliveira of Boyd Place have been recognized as January Selection of the Month by The Garden Club at Palm Coast, They moved to Palm Coast from Massachusetts in 2009.

Laura does most of the garden work and she loves to plant trees throughout the yard.

Front yard has variegated yellow leaf Arboricola bushes, a small leaf Magnolia tree, several types of succulent Cactus that grow under the canopy formed by native palm trees.

Corner lot has pink Roses, pink Crown of Thorns, Wandering Jew, Asparagus Ferns, Fuchsia Hibiscus, a large colorful Croton, Bird of Paradise, Blue Daze plant, Camellias and a large leaf Magnolia tree.

Patio area has potted pink and red Crown of Thorns and a beautiful fully bloomed pink Christmas Cactus.  There are purple and white Orchids, a beautiful red Hawaiian Sunrise, as well as red and white striped Amaryllis plants.

The back yard displays rows of fruit trees such as Figs, Oranges, Lemons, Grapefruits, Papayas, Meyer lemon trees, and several Holly berry trees. She grows Cabbage, Tomato plants and herbs such as Parsley, Mint and Dill.

This corner lot is a show case of greens with various palms and cactus within the islands.

Submitted by Nancy Iandoli
Selection of the Month Committee