GARDEN OF THE MONTH

Lakemakers' garden named March 2023 Garden Club Selection of the Month

By Nancy Iandoli, Selection of the Month Committee
| 5:00 p.m. March 2, 2023

Gerry and Linda Lakemaker, of Frontier Drive, have been recognized as the March 2023 Selection of the Month recipients by The Garden Club at Palm Coast. Courtesy photo

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Gerry and Linda Lakemaker are originally from Largo and moved to Palm Coast in 2006 when they retired.

Due to the heavy freeze this past January, it was difficult for the Selection of the Month Committee to find a curb appeal landscape.

After many hours of scouting Flagler County, I kept driving by this amazing green landscape that had no visible damage from the freeze, and had several azalea bushes flowering.

The Lakemakers' front yard is surrounded with ligustrum hedges, which provide shelter for the blooming, dark pink azaleas behind them at the front door area.

Between the ligustrums are two podocarpus, plus sable palms surrounded by manicured round schillings.

In the front rows of the hedges, Boston ferns and liriope give the landscape a nice ground cover. There is potted sedum, vincas, aloe and clovers.

Not currently blooming in the back yard is a large gardenia tree.

There are several flowering azalea hedges, a large bottlebrush tree, plumeria, pineapple, lemon and lime tree, jasmine, and a dwarf bottlebrush in bloom.

The lanai area has Hawaiian ti, pink and red cactus in bloom, and a waterfall pond with water lilies and wooden egrets grazing on luscious ferns.