Fillmore Civic Pride Volunteers Announce May 2024 Yard of the Month Winner Verna Tipton
![]() Fillmore’s Civic Pride volunteers named Verna Tipton for the Yard of the Month, May 2024. Her beautiful yard sits at 846 Wileman Street. She will receive a gift card from Otto & Sons Nursery. Photo credit Linda Nunez. By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, May 9th, 2024
By Linda Nunez Civic Pride Volunteers have selected, Verna Tipton’s yard at 846 Wileman St., to receive the May “Yard of the Month” award. After I introduced myself, the first comment that Verna made was, “I wondered when we would get noticed!” The yard has a welcoming, flagstone path that leads to the door. It is bordered by Mexican sage & purple Lantana. Focal points on each side of the path are Variegated Century plant on one side & Blue Agave on the other, with Golden Charm Cypress behind the Agave. Lantana appears in groups of yellow, purple & white with geraniums in pink & orange contrasting with burgundy flax near a wooden well. Small Sespe Brownstone boulders, blue grey bunches of Fescue or Festuca, a rose & various succulents fill in spaces. Near the house are Ficus plants, deep purple Pelargoniums, Rock Rose & Azaleas in planters. Verna said her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Rollo, purchased the home in 1964 & “raised 6 kids” there. After they passed, Verna purchased the home from her siblings & moved from Oxnard in 2009. She has never been out to Otto & Sons Nursery, so she will be in for a lovely experience! |