Huron Expositor, 2006-08-16, Page 8Page 8 August 16, 2006 • The Huron Expositor
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McNaughton's English garden decorated with
array of ornaments, picked up along the way
Jeff Heuchert
The following is the sixth in a
series of stories about Sea forth -
area gardeners, celebrating
Seaforth's first year of
in the Communities in
Bloom competition.
Since moving into their John
Street home nearly five years ago,
after two previous moves in town,
Helen McNaughton has finally cre-
ated the garden she wants, and this
time she intends on keeping it.
However, between work and fami-
ly, Helen, a long-time Horticultural
Society member and custodian for
Huron East, says she rarely spends
more than two to three hours a
week with her garden - and when
she does, she's usually working in it.
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"I feel like I should spend more
time in it," she says. "Other people
will look at • it and think it looks
good. I look at it and see the things
that need to be done."
Helen lives at the house, which is
located on the corner of John and
Sparling Streets, with her husband
Bob, whom she says has yet to catch
the gardening bug like herself.
After moving in, Helen says she
took it upon herself to create the
garden: she wanted.
"Each time I move I just dig up
some roots and start again at the
next place," she says.
"There was just your basic land-
scaping (when we arrived). I added
quite a few gardens all the way
around (the house), extended some
and shaped them."
Stylized after an English country
garden, the McNaughton's garden
winds its way on both sides of the
house to the backyard, where it is
accented by a small pond, vegetable
garden and uniquely -designed shed.
On both sides of the house are two
large arbours, covered in vines.
"I don't like things pruned and
shaped in a formal way," she says, "I
want a more relaxed feel."
"We get people admiring the
shed," she points out, "and a lot of
people question us about the vines
that are growing on the arbour."
While Helen says she has no idea
how many different kinds of flowers
she's planted over the years, she
says she really enjoys the spring
because of the bulbs she gets to
plant, including tulips and daffodils.
In the summer she says she likes
a mix of perennials, including iris,
lupins, phlox and what she calls,
"false sun flowers."
"I pay equal attention to all of
them. I think they all bring some-
thing to accent the garden and land-
scape," she says.
In her vegetable garden, Helen
grows tomatoes, beans, beets and
swiss chard. She also has asparagus
growing on the side of the house.
.At first glance, just walking
through the McNaughton's garden,
you might miss many of the small -
sometimes unusual - items that
Helen has purchased along the way
and scattered throughout her gar-
den.
See McNAUGHTON , Page 9