CL Park District Announces Winner of 'Ugliest Yard Contest'
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Enter to Win Burr Oak Tree Seedlings, Free Landscape Design
Deadline to enter the Crystal Lake Park District "Ugliest Yard" contest is Feb. 28.
Could your yard use a little help? There's still time to enter the Crystal Lake Park District's Ugliest Yard contest. The deadline is Feb. 28, according to park district spokesperson Jenny Leech. The first-place winner will win a landscape design created by the park district's landscape architect Ann Viger and a $500 gift certificate from Two Amigos Landscaping, Inc. Several other people will win an oak tree seedling. The attached photograph shows a 125-year-old burr oak tree that once stood at Crystal Lake Main Beach, 300 Lake Shore Dr., Crystal Lake. The tree was destroyed in a July 2011 storm, but acorns were gathered and cultivated by McHenry County Nursery/Glacier Oaks Nursery, Leech said in a press release. This effort resulted in …
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Michael
12:08 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Great idea ! But why do I have to have a ugly yard to win ? more ›