The Country Hills Garden Club is pleased to award the August Beauty Spot of the Month to Yonathan Kelkele and Erin Barth at 3407 Spring Lake Terrace. 

Yonathan and Erin joined the CCH neighborhood in 2018.  When it comes to the landscape, it has been Yonathan’s labor of love.  He has spent the past four years incorporating a plethora of plants and shrubs to transform their front yard.  Yonathan’s focus has been on creating a natural, free flowing landscape that exudes the charm of an English cottage garden. 

Strategically placed boxwoods and pink crepe myrtles frame the house, drawing your eyes towards the front garden bed.  An assortment of plants and shrubs spill over each other lending to the cottage garden ambiance. Here one can find abelia, tiger lilies, butterfly bush and vibrant red hibiscus.  Rose of Sharon shrubs dot the landscape, Yonathan has been shaping them into trees.

Several trees and conifers provide structure throughout.  Cypress, magnolia and lilac chaste trees soak up the sun in the lawn area.  A large white panicle hydrangea and pink spirea shrub provide a focal point where the right side of the house meets a fence.  Honey suckle spills over the top of the fence and a small fig tree is located at the base.

The tiered steps leading to the front door are lined with liriope with an assortment of other perennials such as coneflower, coreopsis, hibiscus, and tiger lilies. A large rhododendron, service berry bush, and roses are intermixed in the landscape.

Erin and Yonathan have put a lot of work into transforming their 3407 Spring Lake Terrace yard into an English cottage garden paradise.  We hope everyone will take some time to appreciate this charming landscape.

Kirsten Youngren

Country Club Garden Club