Our Second 2024 Landscape for Love Winner

IN LOVING MEMORY OF JULIA ROSE BEDNER

We are proud to present our second Landscape for Love Project of the year, designed to make the world more beautiful one person and one outdoor space at a time.

Winner: The Klein Family

Why We Chose Them:

When the unimaginable happens, the love and support of family and friends like Rich and Kellie Beach is a vital comfort. Earlier this spring, Robert (Bob) Klein, a 25-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police and retired State Trooper, lost his life in a tragic traffic accident. The loss has been heartbreaking for his wife of 32 years, Kim, and their two daughters, Nicole and Emily.

Bob and Kim have been fortunate enough to live in a neighborhood of friends for the past 20 years. It was Rich and Kellie Beach who nominated them. “Bob was the kind of neighbor who would do anything for you while putting his own home projects on hold. He was always there to help with anything,” says Rich. “He was a dear friend we will miss forever.”

So, it felt only natural for The Beaches and their fellow neighbors to lend a collective hand in whatever way possible over the past six months. But unable to do some of the extensive labor required in the yard, they turned to us for help.

the before

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Project Goals:

• enhance flagpole bed with fresh mulch and long-blooming perennials
• create a low-maintenance, deer-resistant landscape
• incorporate a small retaining wall to support the sidewalk and slope
• repair the lawn where a gas line was replaced

 

By The Numbers:

• 19 nominations and 2 winners
• 10 Bedner’s crew members
• 3 yards of mulch
• 5 yards of compost/topsoil mix
• 43 plants
• 1 morning in November

Plant Varieties: 

• Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance’
• Clethra alnifolia ‘Crystallina’
• Itea virginica ‘Fountains of Rouge’
• Nepeta ‘Cat’s Meow’
• Salvia ‘Sky Blue Marvel’
• Amsonia ‘Butterscotch’
• Thuja plicata ‘Whipcord’
• Chasmanthium latifolium
• Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Gracilis’
• Anemone ‘September Charm’
• Viburnum farreri ‘Nanum’
• Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’
• Sedum ‘Matrona’
• Monarda ‘Bubblegum Blast’

the after

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Kim, our deepest condolences to you and your daughters. We hope the love and sentiment behind this project brings you some solace. It was our honor to add a little function and beauty to the outside of your home.