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By Jane Peterson
The Good Life Editor
Oakland Press June 19, 2004
Have you ever wondered what local master gardeners, garden club members and floral professionals plant behind their garden gates?
Well, June 25 is your chance to see. During the Milford Garden Club’s 9th Annual Garden Walk & Market, you’ll have the opportunity to stroll through eight gardens of Milford Garden Club members for a peek at some of the most lush, unique and enchanting gardens in the area.
Bev Campbell is a creative gardener. When she, husband Mark and their family moved into their home nine years ago, it was nothing more than an empty lot.
Today, the three and a half acres are punctuated with a variety of flowers and over 100 shrubs and trees all carefully selected by Bev, an advanced master gardener and special event florist, designer and coordinator.
The family continues to maintain the gardens without professional help.
The Campbells' gardens are distinct areas on their own that blend together for a complementary look. The front walkway, lined with lavender, thyme, miniature hostas, holly and others, is inviting. Three water features with water hyanciths, moneywort and duckweed add to the soothing atmosphere.
Bev cultivates many of the plants in her gardens for use in arrangements and displays for her floral design and special event coordination business, One Enchanted Evening.
Her herb bed, for example, is affectionately coined the “corsage bed,” because the feverfew, sage, mint, dill, oregano, basil, parsley, rosemary and Russian sage are small, scented and work great in corsages, she said.
In another area of the backyard, Bev created a bridal garden to use as a backdrop for wedding photographs. She planted all white plants for this striking feature like white Casablanca lilies, silvery ghost fern, Honorine Jobert, white magnolia and many others. The steps are lined with white hydrangeas and lamium.
Calling the back portion a “family resort garden,” Bev said the area around the pool is often used by the children, their friends and other family members for casual get-togethers. She accentuated the area with tropical plants.
Other gardens include unique plants carefully selected by Bev. Viburnum in varieties like highbush cranberry and double file, are among her favorites with creamy white flowers that boast brilliant red berries.
Proceeds from the event will go toward college scholarships for Huron Valley students and various projects the Milford Garden Club, a branch of the Woman’s National Farm & Garden Association with over 140 members, supports.
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