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                                                                                          Garden of the Month

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                                                                                          December 2011

                                                                                          Home owners Mark Wright and Michael Le Blanc have been awarded the December 2011 Garden of

                                                                                          the Month by the Lafayette Garden Club. Located at 2306 St. Mary,  the colorful garden consists of

                                                                                          holly and magnolia trees, hydrangeas, camellias, butterfly bushes, bachelor buttons, azaleas,

                                                                                          rosemary, plumbago, night-blooming jasmine and purple spiraea.

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                                                                                          November 2011

                                                                                          The Lafayette Garden Club chose the home of Mrs.

                                                                                          Patti Eaton as the winner of the November 2011 Garden of

                                                                                          the Month.  The home, located at 301 Anslem Dr. Youngsville, 

                                                                                          has many trees to include vitex, maples, magnolias and coral bark trees. 

                                                                                          Mrs. Eaton's garden is filled with roses, daylilies, impatients,

                                                                                          begonias, Pentas, ferns, azaleas , camellias, plumbago, and

                                                                                          hydrangeas.  The garden also has statues of animals and birdhouses.
                                                                                           


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                                                                                          September 2011

                                                                                          Standing in her garden, is Mrs. Paulette King whose home was

                                                                                          chosen by the Lafayette Garden Club as the Garden of the Month for

                                                                                          September, 2011. The garden contains Savannah Holly Trees,

                                                                                          Japanese maple, crepe myrtles, azaleas, hibiscus, hydrangeas, iris',

                                                                                          amellias, day lilys, vincas , bougainvillea, and nandina along with

                                                                                          statues, fountains, and a sun dial.



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                                                                                          August 2011


                                                                                          The home of Mrs. Carol Keasler and the late  Dr. Stephen
                                                                                           
                                                                                          Keasler  has been awarded the August 2011 Garden of the

                                                                                          Month by the Lafayette Garden Club.The garden is filled with

                                                                                          oaks, crepe myrtles, azalea, caladium, hosta, coleus, hydrangea,

                                                                                          roses, encore azalea, ferns, sweet potato vine, and features

                                                                                          fountains and statuary.


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                                                                                          July 2011

                                                                                          The home of David & Sheri Elter  has een selected as the July

                                                                                          2011 Garden of the Month by the Lafayette Garden Club. A live

                                                                                          oak tree is in the center of the yard surrounded by impatiences,

                                                                                          hydrangeas, hosta and hanging lanterns. There is also a water

                                                                                          feature, iris, plumbago, Lily of the Nile, crepe myrtle, snowflake

                                                                                          shrub and many more plantings.



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                                                                                          May 2011

                                                                                          The home of Mrs. Robert Earle Billeaud has been awarded the

                                                                                          May 2011 Garden of the Month by the Lafayette Garden Club.

                                                                                          The garden is filled with crepe myrtle, petunias, dusty miller,

                                                                                          impatiens, ginger, geraniums, Mandevilla, caladiums, daisy,

                                                                                          zinnias, vinca, lily of the Nile, azaleas, delphinium, lantanas,

                                                                                          liriope flax fox tail fern salvia, palms wood fern and holly. Pictured

                                                                                          with Mrs. Billeaud is her daughter Mrs. Lorraine Broussard.



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                                                                                          April 2011

                                                                                          The Lafayette Garden Club has awarded the April 2011 Garden

                                                                                          of the Month to Jay and Laurie Bivins .The garden is filled with

                                                                                          red amaryllis, Knockout Roses, hibiscus, New Guinea Impatiens,

                                                                                          loropetlum, crepe myrtle, magnolia and  Japanese magnolia

                                                                                          trees. Pictured with Mrs. Bivins is their daughter Shelby.