Moon in Bloom: A Glimpse at Some of Moon Township's Best Gardens
The township's Garden Club gave residents a look at some of the community's finest gardens.
Susan Cook said she used to have a postage stamp backyard at her rental home in Mt. Lebanon, and she planted a few beds of flowers to brighten up the yard. "One day I came home and there were these garbage bags sitting by the front door," she said. "I went out back and (the landlord) tore up all the flowers and had them in the garbage bags." Cook made the move to Moon Township with her husband, where she's lived in a white-paint, 1850s farm house on Maple Street Extension for the past 12 years. She's made the property bloom with roses and locust trees, even using reclaimed stone from a former barn on the property as a walkway in her plush garden. "My husband said come out here (to Moon) and you can plant whatever you want," she said. …
