Many beautiful yards were recently found by a panel of Wood County Master Gardeners with the 12 front
yards and 12 accent planting areas having been designated Beautiful BG winners. All 24 homes will
display a red and white "Selected Home" yard sign for easy identification.
Final judging by three experts will take place within the next weeks and pictures of all homes will be
taken. The announcement of superior, excellent and outstanding winners in each category will be made at
a special awards ceremony at Simpson Garden Park on July 23 at 11 a.m.
Preceding the awards ceremony Simpson Park will be open for self-guided tours beginning at 9 a.m. The
public is invited to attend.
In no particular order, here are the 12 homes selected in each judging classification.
Best front yard:
• Robert and Sharon Ernsthausen, 935 N. Prospect St.
• Lenore Schmidt, 931 North Summit St.
• Jerry and Cheryl Foltz, 816 Cherry Hill Dr.
• Jo Ann Woodbury, 205 Georgia Ave.
• Frank McLaughlin and Jan Larson-McLaughlin, 505 Erie Court
• Sammy and Sandra Dewyer, 1315 Lyn Road
• Shad and Shelly Turpening, 14855 West Bowling Green Road
• Pascal and Holli Bizarro, 1431 Kensington Blvd.
• Jeff and Becky Cullen, 1242 Conneaut Ave.
• Tim and Kathy Westhoven, 1154 Dakota Court
• David and Elizabeth Kollar, 829 North Christopher St.
• Robert and Dinah Vincent, 122 North Maple St.
Best accent planting:
• Sandra Garno, 114 Parkview St.
• Albert and Marjorie Wilder, 216 E. Poe Road
• Kenneth and Patricia Wires, 807 Cherry Hill Dr.
• Jane Myers, 140 Troup Ave.
• Bill Davis and Donna Marie Cash, 1302 Brownwood Dr.
• Anthony and Sarah Zmarzly, 26 Tanglewood Lane
• Tom and Kathy Wojciechowski, 1575 Glen Eagles Dr.
• Larry and Carolyn Hatch, 1357 Kensington Blvd.
• Marilyn Wright, 512 Van Buren Court
• Steve and Cindy Barr, 845 Champagne Ave.
• James Ferrell and Kathleen Walker, 23 Ranch Court
• Mac McKeever and Erin Holmberg, 554 Wallace Ave.