The Williams @ 2500 Stockton Street

We all could take a page from Jean Marie Gallagher’s gardening handbook. She managed to keep her beautiful front-yard garden in full bloom through the relentless heat of July and August. The Gallagher’s yard at 410 E. Sprague Street was chosen as our Blue Ribbon Yard for August 2007!

The Gallaghers have lived in their 1910 […]

When Sheila Bill was laid off from her job some 10 years ago, she did not despair, she gardened! Her neighbor and friend of 15 years, Ms. Louise Gossett, had been encouraging Sheila to plant flowers in her yard. Sheila finally had the time and soon found that she loved it. Ms. […]

The Hollemans were tapped in early June to be the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association’s first Blue Ribbon Yard winners. Their butter-yellow, two-story house at 2428 Sunnyside Ave. was built in the early 1900s and has been in their family nearly as long. John and Vicki Holleman have lived in the house since the 1990s, raising three […]

Sunnyside is filled with beautiful gardens and yards. We’d like to honor our hard working, green-thumbed neighbors by awarding a Blue Ribbon Yard each month beginning this spring. A committee is forming now to design a sign for the winner’s yard, to receive nominations, and to vote on a winner each month. If you would […]