The North American Critter Horticultural Society has been
holding its garden contest for the past 350 years. After many years of hard
work and campaigning Sophia has finally qualified as one of the fifty gardens
which will be participating in the contest. This is the first time the Woodpile
has ever qualified.
I did an interview with Sophia for the Woodpile Times. I
arrived at her garden and was surprised I had to go through “security”. The
whole place is surrounded by 48 inch high electrified metal fencing.
Apparently, it is not unheard of for rival gardeners to hire the groundhog
mafia to eat their way through another contestant’s garden. Have you ever seen
a groundhog? They are the T-Rex of garden wreckers.
The garden itself is gorgeous. Full of vibrant colors.
Sophia is carefully
selecting which Tasmanian Devil sunflower seeds she is going to plant.
They only thrive in hot humid weather and therefore can’t be planted till July.
These are so rare, I don’t even have any in my personal collection.
You won’t find a single weed in her main garden. She
carefully checks each day.
Every square inch of the garden gets a close
inspection
She takes a well earned break in the shade of her
flowers.
In a separate maximum security section of the
garden she has Guinness sunflower seeds growing.
I personally haven’t had much luck with the Guinness
sunflowers. The trick seems to be saying the proper prayers to the God of Beer.
Her rarest flower an orange chipmunkious marigold is safely grown in a hanging pot.
Sophia is big on pollinator friendly species.
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