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November 5

How Does Your Garden Grow: Voting

Week 1: Annie Jenkins, Clarks Summit
When Annie and Matt Jenkins were in the process of moving from Ardmore, outside of Philadelphia, back to their hometown in the Abingtons, a spacious home on Nelson Street in Clarks Summit caught their eye. Once they saw the backyard garden, however, they were practically sold. According to Annie, the original garden was created by previous owners of the house. “I don’t want to take credit for something that they created,” she laughed.

Nearly two years later, the two have working hard at maintaining that garden and have added trees, herbs and other aspects to it, creating an English-type garden setting right in their backyard. “I don’t know if I would really call it a traditional English garden,” said Annie. “We don’t necessarily stick to that traditional format. We just see what works in it.”

The garden contains mostly perennials, many of which bloom at different points throughout the warmer months of the year. “Different colors bloom at different times of the year,” said Annie. “In the spring, the main color will be purple, and then a few weeks later the garden is all pink.” Daylilies, black-eyed susans, daisies and other colorful flowers, both domestic and wild, pepper the landscape, bordering a grey cobblestone path that le...