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Dogwood Circle Garden Club’s winner of the Garden of the Month Award for June is the Lisa and Ryan Shields family, at 201 W. Water St. Their front yard garden combines seven kinds of fruit trees, seven berry varieties,19 different vegetables, 21 herbs and 11 varieties of flowers and ornamentals in a somewhat formal-but-natural edible landscape. This is the first year of their goal to create a garden that is both beautiful and useful, with food, flowers, hospitality and family life woven together. It is tended naturally, with no sprayed herbicides or pesticides. Lisa values being able to feed her family and friends fresh healthy food, and all are finding that vegetables are beautiful. Lisa is pictured here, at left, with her daughter, Lily. Visit www.lhgardenclub.com for more photos. August’s garden judge is Svitlana. Message or contact the club on Facebook to make a nomination. Gardens must be visible from a public street or alley and show a variety of neatly maintained natural flowers/shrubs/trees.