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Show Charlie 's garden is blooming r-; ' ' 1 v- : y : XT ill ' . WOODS CROSS-Sharlene Bradley goes by the nickname Charlie. And Charlie is quite a gal. She has proved that you don't need a huge plot of ground to make your garden grow. She and her garden have bloomed where planted. Charlie lives in a trailer in Woods Cross and has enhanced her yard each year with new additions and interesting items. She has more than just plants. There are a variety of things in her yard. She has a bird bath, plastic pink flamingoes, a pond with a lovely statue and gold fish who incidentally incidental-ly survive the winter, squirrels, ducks and ducklings, a scarecrow, windmill, deer, and a "commode" planted with geraniums. Her six grandchildren must love coming to grandma's with all of the interesting bric-a-brac carefully placed near her flowerbeds. More people than her grandchildren grand-children have noticed her yard. In 1988 she entered the Utah Civic Beaut if ication Contest and won for the Woods Cross area. Each year she has earned an additional addi-tional award represented by a small plaque to add to her original award. It is for continuous improvement. She received that for 1989 and 1990. She's not letting the grass grow under her feet; however, because she has plans for the future. Charlie is planning to improve the back comer of her property, make a brick walkway, and help a neighbor with some grass that is hard to grow by planting ground cover for him. To Sharlene Bradley (Charlie) has planted her small garden with a wide variety of greenery and flowers. She loves to experiment and each year adds another innovative in-novative planter. She won the Utah Civic Beautification Contest for the Woods Cross area in 1988, and has received additional addi-tional awards each year since that time. yard that they groom it often. Sharlene Bradley has proved that, with hard work, a small yard can bring br-ing much satisfaction. if 4 ' ' I ! ' ''A" - I Yn i Mi - I r jA win the award she was judged by four judges who came and examined examin-ed her hard work. One area of interest is the desert area that has cactus plants, rocks, skulls and bones. Another is where the grandchildren can plant whatever they want to and see what comes up. The grandchildren range in age from 1 to 13. This is an ever-blooming yard with early spring bringing the bulbs. There are tulips, daffodils and crocus. Then come the perennials peren-nials such as daisies and the red hot pokers. In May the annuals are planted and retain their color until winter. There is a poplar tree and a flowering plum, dusty miller and rhododendron. In the shade there are impatiens and hosta, a variegated ground cover with a little flower. There is seldom a weed because Charlie and her friend Glenn Riddle spend so much time enjoying the One of Charlie's innovations is her "commode planter." Tucked away in a corner of her trailer home yard, Charlie finds the unusual planter to be a good conversation piece. |