Carole Bowers Honored for Yard of the Week

Nominated for allure and effort imparted to ensure its care, Carole Bowers's home in Payson, is our current Yard of the Week recipient. 

Nominated for allure and the effort imparted to ensure its care, Carole Bowers's home at 725 South 500 East, Payson, is our current Yard of the Week recipient. Carole and her husband, the late Kenneth Bowers, moved into the home—newly built for them—in 1965. The yard would grow incrementally, along with the Bowers family. Their children, married and raising families of their own, are Brenda and Daren Oberg, Lori and Reed Finch, Julie and Niel Gasser, Scott and Aimee Bowers, Jennifer and Brad Ericksen, and Kent and Kalli Bowers.

Save for the lawn, which is maintained by Collin Wright and his local business, Manitoken Lawncare, the yard work today is overseen by Carole. A patriotic pattern prevails this year, with symbols of Old Glory as theme. Ribbons and flags are draped across the front porch, and high atop the steel flagpole on the yard's south end, highlighting the month's celebrations. Red and white striped petunias and scarlet geraniums are joined by blue-blooming ground covering, in pots and flower beds that stretch across the front of the house and in the center of the front lawn.

Upkeep has been met with complication, according to Carole, given a dry July heat that has coincided with the month's festivities. But her hard work is evidenced in the still-abundant blossoms that stand to defy the hot weather's threat.

The red crimson maple tree, which Kenneth planted years ago, provides not only adds to the aesthetics, but provides shade to help counter the heat. Beneath the shade, tucked amid lush floral, are grinning frog figurines, gesturing “Welcome” to visitors. And welcomed does one feel.