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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

Pauline Reedy’s garden is an explosion of color

Melissa Hoover Dispatch Correspondent

As many area residents are sick of the constant dreary days of summer, one area resident’s garden is blossoming from this season’s unruly weather. Pauline Reedy, of Duryea, says Mother Nature is helping her keep her flower garden up to par.

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As the inscription says, visitors are always welcome in Pauline Reedy’s garden.

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Pauline Reedy and her grandson, and helper, Jayden enjoy a moment in the garden.

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“Our swimming pool blew down over ten years ago and I decided to grow a garden in its place,” she said.

As a child, she developed a “green thumb” while helping her grandmother with her own flower plot raising Coral Bells, Lamb’s Ear, Peony, Hosta, and White Iris, some of which are the originals still thriving in Pauline’s garden today.

The garden is broken down into two sections.

The first, and most noticeable, is a stone pathway that leads from the driveway straight into the heart of the garden. The array of color is breathtaking. Rose Campion, Russian Sage, Roses, Bleeding Heart, Columbine, Obedient Plant, Snow in Summer, Verbascum, Pink and Yellow Yarrow, all assault the senses. She even brought back a Lupine plant from her trip to Alaska.

Encompassed within this ornamented sanctuary lies a sparkling lily pond surrounded by various stones. A small park bench is placed in front of the pond to catch the beauty of this serene location.

Off to the back of the yard lies another garden full of fresh green plants and wild sprays.

But Pauline doesn’t handle this daily project alone. Jayden Reedy, her three year-old grandson, does his share too.

“Jayden is out here many days digging holes and emptying his wheelbarrow full of weeds,” Pauline said.

“Every three or four weeks something different is blooming.”

That is a fact. Spending just an afternoon here sipping on her homemade lavendar lemonade could make anyone feel as if they were sitting in some far away secluded garden.

If you would like your garden featured in this space, call Becky Klem at 602-0177 or email her at bklem@psdispatch.com.