Milford chronicle., 1933-03-17
YARD & GARDEN
CONTEST BEGINS
HERE THIS WEEK
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communities all over the country
has proved this is the most satisfac-
tory plan.
The contest is planting and i'm
provement campaign rather than Il
competition in landscape architec-
ture. Just a small measure of beau
tiiicatiOn work done in each yard
will in the aggregate make a most
noticeable improvement in the ap-
pearance of the community as a
whole. Aud it is this general spruc-
ing up that will prove a big influence
in bettering conditions here this
spring, according to the Yard &
Garden Contest sponsors.
NeighbOrS Take Notice
When one family has begun To
clean mp their premises, dig up an
unsightly old stump and replace il
with Il new tree or two and set out
some flowers TO brighten up the
yard, it isn't long before the i'm
provemcnts are noticed by the
ueighbOrs. Then they, too, get busy
cleaning up and planting. Soon the
appearance of the entire block has /
been changed for the better. A few
such blocks will give new aspect !
to a residential street or district. |
And as the movement spreads from
neighbOrhOOd to neighbOrhOOd un-
der the kindly skies of spring time,
with Mother Nature helping with
warm sunshine and gentle rain, 1t
is only Il few weeks until notice
able Improvement has been made
in the appearance of the entire city.
Every assistance possible will be
given the contestants. An impair
tial board of contest judges will
visit every home which joins the
campaign and offer suggestions If
desired as to how the appearance
of the place may be improved. Some
times the removal of a ram-shackle
old fence and the setting out OF {
some hedge plants will be the SOlu-
tiOn. Again tree to screen out un-
slightly objects such as telephone ,
poles or wires may answer the indi- ;
vidual's Identification problem. Tbcu ,
too, many home garden can well ,
stand the addition of a fruit tree,
grape vine or berry patch. In adj ,
ditiOn to providing quite an ccOn- {
OIny item. home grown fruit always ]
tastes the best. -t-, ~ ,
Another way that the entrants !
will be helped is by advice on the /
simpler forms of laHdScaping. For :
instance, the judges will point out :
that it is a better plan to place
ones hardy flowers in a perennial I,
border, as general rule, than TO
break up an open sweep of lawn :
with an Old-fashiOned circular flow :
er bed, and that paintings Of tree, !
shrub and flower may well be
grouped along the lot borders or
about the house foundations.
Although many as valuable prizes
will be awarded the Yard & Garden
Contest winners each family enter
ing is urged to bear in mind that
they will profit in definite way by
fixing up their place whether they c
win prize or not. In fact. this idea
is so true that it has been adopted
us the slogan of the contest ex-
pressed in the words: 4,
you WIN If YOU LOSE" ~
II is well established fact that
very cent wisely expended in
and beautifying the home ICl
grounds is a sound investment, ac- |
ually making that place more de-
iirable as it becomes more attrac-
i've and therefore increasing its n,
'eal estate value Such homes find
'eadier sale and are likewise rent A,
ID much easier than homes the de-
iirability of which must rest ell u
irely on house appeal.