Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-07 | Page 5 | Vacant Weedgrown Lot Transformed into Beautiful Garden by S. L. Woman

Vacant Lot Transformed Into Beautiful 1 Garden by S. S L. L Woman tJ t J 74 A 3 J v 4 fr 4 4 4 1 w O- O e 4 c I S 'S I v it x 1 p k- k 4 4 This array of flowers Howers was an unsightly vacant lot little more than a year ago Mrs 1 Elizabeth Andrews 1245 Roosevelt avenue got tired of l looking at it it- from her living room windows with the ab above ve result B By MAUD Telegram Garden Editor Grandmothers garden has often otten been a a favorite theme of ot p poets pacts ets and artists Grandmothers Grandmother's garden may maybe maybe maybe be seen in actuality in Salt Lake City at 1246 1240 Roosevelt avenue where Mrs Elizabeth Andrews a silver-haired silver grandmother plants and cares for tor a garden that is unique in hi its ita because Ilhas it Il has been made on a vacant lot that two years cars ago was vas gr gravel and today flourishes even b better than the proverbial pro green greenbay greenbay greenbay bay tree tree- Age and family cares have been no to Mrs Andrews Andrews' valiant valla val val- la t spirit She I is 14 the Ulf mother of eight children and the grandmother of ot six six yet despite that s she e digs unaided this piece of ground which she later plants with annuals and the only work at all aU which she hires done is the lawn cutting The vacant lot which was next to Mrs Andrews Andrews' property was an eye eyesore sore Bore and a Il bother to her It was not a n. level piece of ground but was wasa a a. steep hillside really hillside really most Unpromising unpromising un Un- un-I un promising as a garden site One day Mrs Andrews Androws de decided she sho could stand tho the sight of oC that piece of ground no longer so she yanked out outher outher outher her own fence posts and transplanted transplanted transplanted trans trans- planted them then to the far side of this forsaken piece of ot for tor grounds ground thus UI tench fencing i it in a sity sUy for the sake of DC protection from animals and thoughtless children The ground was heavily y fertilized ed ed for for this gardener knows knows' that flowers will only flourish when they are ara properly fed Part of ot it was terra terraced cd with rocks used deeply imbedded in the soil to prevent its being wa washed h d away The Theother par part was planted to lawn with flowerbeds flowerbeds flower flowerbeds beds surrounding it This sod od is only one year old at present but i it itis itis' itis is is' is as thick and firm as though I It had been ther a life time There are arc many perennials in the gar garden en but the brilliant show o ocolor of color which reigns at present has hns been bren achieved through an abando abandoned aban aban- do I cd use of annuals Annuals Annuals- t. t there are literally millions of ot them Two thousand seedling asters lUters alone were transplanted by Mrs Andr Andrews Andrws' ws' ws busy fingers tinKers this summer and nd when when you can imagine just as os man many petunias nasturtiums zinnias in m both giant and pompon types salvias and md so so on all planted and cared for entirely by Mrs An An- draws drews some sonic idea of ot the work entailed entailed en en- tailed can be Imagined by ever every amateur gardener In addition to the masses of annuals annuals annuals an an- there arc are rose bushes i in bloom many of ot which have been bee raised from slips given by friends t to Mrs Andrews There is a lavish us use of ot sweet al alyssum as edging to th the thelong thelong long borders with scores of rot salmon salmo pink geraniums to fill vacant places place And beneath the ground ground- sleeping a athis at this season arc are thousands of tulips tulip A natural underground spring sprin makes s part paIt of ot tho thi garden moist a at au times umes and nd hero here there is a rectangular rectangular rectangular rec rec- tangular pool with weeping willow trees nearby which have mat made amazing growth because of th this supply of ot water An ancient apple appl tree which tree which was what made Mr Mrs Andrews buy the property makes make eternal shade outside the rear door doo and Ind nd Is Js the gathering place for chi ch children chil- chil laren l- l dren aren and and grandchildren