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! |