SAVE THE DATE!
The Junius Heights Historic District Board is proud to present our first ever Winter Wonderland at Willis Winters Park!
Sunday, December 12 from 3PM-7PM
Free to all Junius Heights residents!
Pictures with Santa
Champagne Bar
Food Trucks
Games and Crafts
Ugly Sweater Contest
Snowball Fight
And more winter family fun!
Junius Heights Historic District is pleased to award December’s Yard of the Month to Kyle Landry and Richard Marvin at 5523 Worth Street.
After 15 years of townhome living in nearby Bryan Place, Kyle Landry and Richard Marvin made the move in November 2020 to this modern styled home built in 2005. Kyle has a knack for landscape design, having previously maintained a tropical rooftop patio in their former residence. The big freeze last year killed many of the manicured shrubs in their new Worth Street house. With the opportunity to reinvent, they sought to bring some color into the space. Azaleas and wildflowers filled the beds this spring and summer, transitioning to an assortment of mums and pumpkins this fall. A backyard vegetable garden, fire pit and many tropical plants have helped to create a new oasis perfect for relaxing with their dogs Wyatt and Jasper.
Welcome to Junius Heights Kyle and Richard! We hope you will be happy here for many years to come.
November’s Junius Heights Historic District Yard of the Month Award goes to Shannon Dekat and Keith Black.
Shannon and Keith have lived in their 99-year-old Craftsman home on 6015 Worth Street about 13 years but have lived in the area for over 20. When they moved in, the front garden consisted of Nandini, sweet potato vines, and boxwoods. They promptly removed the boxwoods and added abelia bush, fringe flower, and lantana but Shannon’s dream was to have a butterfly garden. “So, I became a member of the Texas Discovery Gardens and started going to their plant sales. I have plants that attract monarchs, fritillaries, and various swallowtails to lay their eggs on. I love watching the metamorphosis of the caterpillars. My favorite flowers are a pink gomphrena that has grown like crazy, and an annual called ‘cat whiskers’ which I can’t always find each year. While I love the butterflies, I am happy that our place is a safe haven for bees, spiders, geckos, lizards, and birds. We sometimes see possums, owls, and hawks. It’s like a little ecosystem wonderland.”
Their foundation flower beds are beautifully landscaped with interesting natives and statement yard art, one impressive sculpture is a six-foot sculpture of the Crow King and is a gift from a neighborhood metal artist, Ace Cordell. Under cover of darkness, he planted this artwork in their yard last year during the pandemic in honor of the flock of lawn crows that visit their lawn each October.
Congratulation Shannon and Keith! Your pollinator garden is a delightful gift to all who walk (or fly) by.
