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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Charlestown Garden Snags Prize at Mayor's Garden Contest

At Mayor Menino's Garden Contest, one Charlestown gardener was recognized.

The rain had stopped and clouds were neatly in place in the newly scrubbed sky; seats set out on the drying lawn of Boston’s Public Garden were filled. The Aug. 24 ceremony awarding prizes in the Mayor’s 2012 Garden Contest was proceeding according to the script laid out by the Director of External Affairs for the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. Contestants were urged to line up according to their category, first small yard garden, then medium yard garden, followed inevitably by the large yard garden category. Shade gardens, senior gardens, community gardens, storefront gardens, and vegetable gardens were called along with the Porch, Deck, Balcony or Window Box Gardens.   But then the man from Jet Blue took the podium. There was a …

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Local Gardeners Win Mayor's Contest

Three residents and a local organization have placed in this year's citywide gardening contest.

Three Charlestown residents and a local organization are winners in the mayor’s 2011 Garden Contest. John Driscoll placed second in the Porch, Window Box, Balcony or Deck category. Nadine Firth and Darcy Ertle placed third. And Gardens for Charlestown, which manages the Sullivan Square Community Garden, won third place in the community garden category. All winners will be recognized during an awards ceremony on Aug. 23 at 5:15 in the Pubic Garden. The garden contest was launched 15 years ago as part of a citywide beautification effort. It highlights gardeners who have landscaped, planted flowers, trees, and shrubs, and, in the process, beautified their piece of Boston.  The city received hundreds of entries this year and the judges who …

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