Open Gardens: Hear how one garden helped turn around a neighborhood

Cindy and Peter Loomis have a welcoming, grassless front yard. Their gardening efforts helped turn around the neighborhood. Photo by Connie Oswald Stofko by Connie Oswald Stofko Cindy and Peter Loomis moved into their Cottage District home 19 years ago without seeing the front of the house. The tiny front yard was filled with a large hedge and two tall pine trees, which hid the house from the street. It wasn’t a neighborhood where people wanted to sit out front….