Richland County Appearance Counts contest winners receive garden party
Appearance Counts contest winners were treated to a garden party.
Richland County Council and the Richland County Appearance Commission celebrated the 2009 Appearance Counts Contest Winners with a Garden Party Tuesday, December 1 at the County Administration Building’s new Garden Atrium located on the first floor.
The garden party, hosted by the Appearance Commission and partner Woodley’s Garden Center, honored those who worked to improve the county’s appearance through landscaping, revitalization, sustainability, and other “beautification” methods.
The two categories Richland County citizens could choose from to enter the contest were Front Yard Beautification and Sustainability. The sub categories of Sustainability were Community Garden, Creative Composting, Edible Front Yard Garden, School/Children’s Garden, and Water Wise/Rain Garden. The winners each received a gift certificate and poinsettia.
The winners are as follows:
Front Yard Beautification
District 2, Sharon Shackelford, 2698 Brinkley Lane; District 3, Martha B. Thomson, 705 Oakland Avenue; District 4, Nathaniel L. Lewis, 645 Amberley Road; District 6, Margaret Fowler, 2945 Prentice Avenue; District 8, Joe & Cathy Connelly, 1810 DuPont Drive; District 9, Jay Warren, 1309 Wildewood Downs Circle; and District 11, Barbara M. Coleman, 320 Black Friars Road.
Sustainabililty
Community Garden, Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, Judy Timmons, 6500 N. Trenholm Rd., District 8; Creative Composting, Hani & Sandra Daghestani, 601 Cold Branch Drive, District 9; Edible Front Yard Garden, Pete Baldwin, 2954 Stepp Drive, District 3;
School/Children’s Garden, Jubilee Academy – Heartworks Ministry, Ellen Thames, Junior League of Cola., Van Heise Street, District 4;
Hand Middle School, Jeff Burden, 2600 Wheat Street, District 5; Brennen Elementary School, Katherine Littlejohn, 4438 Devereaux Rd., District 6; Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Todd Beasley, 3000 S. Beltline Blvd., District 10; Water Wise/Rain Garden, Mike and Maggie Switzer, 105 High Pointe Drive, District 2.
