Readers share their garden photos
August 23, 2016 12:00 am
• Last Updated: August 24, 2016 12:34 pm
Eileen Tedford of Uncasville has a garden bursting with flowers, including lilies and gooseneck loosestrife, where she found this swallowtail butterfly.
From towering tomato plants to beautiful butterfly bushes, there is no shortage of greenery in southern New London County this year. Here’s a sampling from our readers.
Rachael Perkins of Waterford took this photo of her boyfriend, Paul Donovan, watering his very first garden. “I am so proud of him,” she said. “He gives it so much love and attention.”
Chick Barberi of Waterford with his harvest, complete with squash of all kinds and lots of garlic.
Taylor Tomasetti of Waterford grew some huge zucchini this year alongside some kale and butternut squash.
Karen Podurgiel of Mystic took this photo of her husband Joe trying to tame their seven-foot tomato plants. She said he had to use the ladder to tie the plants to the house to make sure they didn’t fall over.
Nancy Shaw sent in this shot of her granddaughter, Haley, who is posed next to a giant bean plant in the garden of Ken Jones of Waterford, one of Shaw’s nursing clients.
Nancy Marino of Niantic has a Victorian garden with a variety of perennials and annuals.
J. Leslie Aiken’s Ledyard garden is full of flowers, including roses, impatiens, lilies and these columbines.
Penny Newbury sent in a photo of some of the flowers she has in her “postage stamp-sized” yard in Noank.
Leah Allen of North Stonington attracts butterflies, bees and even goldfinches with her garden full of Joe Pye weed, black-eyed Susans, coneflowers, and catmint.
John Heckman of Old Lyme keeps a variety of native perennials, including obedient plants, black-eyed Susans and hyssop, in his garden for local pollinators.
Camy Melnyk of Salem is proud of her first vegetable garden at her boyfriend’s house in Bozrah.
Alice Garvin enjoys this view from her porch in Old Lyme.
Toni Leland of Uncasville says she loves lavender and purple, including this stokesia in her garden.
Penny Fairbanks of East Lyme has butterfly bushes and daylilies in her garden.
Linda Vegilante recently found the first pumpkin of the season in her East Lyme garden.
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