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OCTOBER YARD OF THE MONTH PHOTO BY JUDY AISHMAN
GERRY AND SUZANN PATTERSON
Inset: The Sun City Garden Club’s Yard
104 AMBERJACK COURT (N27) of the Month team keeps their eyes
open for properties where neigh-
Gerry and Suzann Patterson’s lovely bors have put together a nice mix of
front landscape is not original. The plants, bubbling water features, eye
principal features of the first landscape catching hardscapes....you name it!
were two tree wells containing the ex- After a property has been chosen as
isting trees and an expanse of TIF Ber- winner, the Yard of the Month sign
muda which quickly began to die for is placed in the homeowners yard.
lack of sun. The Pattersons engaged Left: August Yard of the Month win-
a local company and laid out their vi- ner Cynthia Miller along with Garden
sion of a cool and calm oasis. Now a Club member Nancy Hontz.
single bed covers much of the front
yard connecting the trees and host- PHOTO BY LEE MILLER
ing a variety of plants. Dwarf yaupon
and blue blooming beach vitex pro-
vide greenery near the house. A single
mountain laurel edged with variegated
liriope sits inside the L of the walk. Un-
der the trees, spineless prickly pear,
Mexican feather grass, dwarf yaupon
and a Texas palmetto mingle with red
yucca, salvia greggii, blue plumbago
and turk’s cap.
In contrast to the front, the small back
yard gets plenty of morning sun and
abuts an always sunny savannah-like
green belt. A large deck made for re-
laxing and entertaining rises six feet
above the lawn, dominating this area.
The plantings are simple. Loropetlum,
esperanza and bottlebrush soften the
walls of the house and deck, while pink
crepe myrtles add interest in the yard.
~ Carol Parsonage

126 | SUNRAYS OCTOBER 2015 POKER FACES
The Poker Club held a Texas Hold’em
No Limit tournament on August 11 with
30 members participating in the event.
Congratulations to Ron Evans for win-
ning the tournament with Linda Posey
placing second and Bob Cribbs plac-
ing third.
August Texas Hold’em Tournament,
left to right: 2nd Place – Linda Posey,
1st Place – Ron Evans, 3rd Place – Bob
Cribbs

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