Great Garden Photos
The best of our reader-submitted garden photos and stories
Last summer we asked you to send in photos and stories behind the gardens you’re most proud of. We received so many wonderful entries of well-loved gardens — big, small, colorful, tall, and some with stories that go back for generations. These are a few of our favorites.
A Cheerful Sight
Jan Clark, Indian Trail, a member of Union Power Cooperative
Welcome Blooms
Janis Harless, Jefferson, a member of Blue Ridge Energy
Mountain Garden Volunteers
Katherine Shoffner, Boone, a member of Blue Ridge Energy
A Spicy Crop
Michael Isley, Belews Creek, a member of EnergyUnited
Flowers by the Sound
Victoria Byers, Kitty Hawk, a member of Blue Ridge Energy
Garden Palette
Collette Anderson, Chapel Hill, a member of Piedmont Electric
Busy Pollinators
Jonathan Young, Danbury, a member of EnergyUnited
The Tomato Plant Next Door
Amy Johnson, Windsor, a member of Roanoke Electric
Two Rows for Grandmother
Garret Bullard (age 12), Stedman, a member of South River EMC
A Little Patch of Land
Bessie Stinson, Indian Trail, a member of Union Power Cooperative
A Giant Among Castor Beans
Cindy Pyo, Fayetteville, a member of Lumbee River EMC
Lifelong Gardener
Nancy Stanley, North Wilkesboro, a member of Surry-Yadkin EMC
Abby at Work
Stacy Holloman, Seven Spring, a member of Tri-County EMC
All About Peonies
Adriana Feng, Raleigh, a member of Wake Electric
Canned Heat
Donna Griffith, Siler City, a member of Central EMC
Muscadine Memories
Frankie Graham, Fayetteville, a member of Lumbee River EMC
Rainy Day Lilies
Heike Annucci, Hudson, a member of Blue Ridge Energy
Going Vertical
Jerry Talley, Concord, a member of Union Power
For the Fairies
Rhiannon Bostic, Leland, a member of Brunswick Electric
Backyard Oasis
Richard Stepputtis, Saint Clairsville (Ohio), a member of Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative
Reclaimed Compound
Ronnie Davis, Hillsborough, a member of Piedmont EMC
Phlox of Many Colors
Edith Webb, Highlands, a member of Haywood EMC
From a Tiny Seed
Ed Miller, Dallas, a member of Rutherford EMC
Nary a Weed
Nancy Ellis, Ramseur, a member of Randolph EMC
What’s Old is New Again
Edit Arnette, Lenoir, a member of Blue Ridge Energy
The Pardue Family Garden
Lyndsey Nichols (granddaughter of Jerry Pardue, Siloam, a member of Surry-Yadkin EMC)
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