2 notable central Pa. gardens take state horticultural society awards | George Weigel

Two Harrisburg-area gardens have won awards in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s 2021 garden contest.

Cumberland County’s newest public pollinator garden – one planted this summer on the grounds of the historic Craighead family home near Boiling Springs – has been named a “Garden of Distinction” in the contest’s public-garden category.

The 250-square-foot garden, designed by native-plant educator and Cumberland County Master Gardener Heather Adams, was planted in June by a team of volunteers and Master Gardeners.

Dauphin County Master Gardener Kevin Kelly won a Blue Ribbon in the Outdoor Home Garden category of the same PHS contest for his Lower Paxton Twp. home garden.

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