by Grace Rabano, Clermont Garden Club
Even during this cold Florida winter month, colors pop everywhere throughout the yard of Rhonda Barron and her mother-in-law Carolyn at 1055 W.Minnehaha Ave., Clermont. For this reason, the Clermont Garden Club has designated the Barron’s garden to be the Yard of the Month for February 2026.
Rhonda and Carolyn love bright colors as evidenced by the cerulean blue paint they have chosen to make their home the most colorful house for blocks around. The front porch of the house is adorned with metal floral wall art and family heirlooms of gliders and handmade wooden and rattan chairs in grays, burgundy and eye-catching yellow. Surrounding the porch area are gorgeous potted plants including succulents in yellow/white planters and a large Buddha Belly plant (Jatropha podagrica) in a cherry-red pot. Cute garden figurines and a mini bridge (also in cherry red!) complement the look. A staghorn fern lays below one live oak tree to the left of the porch. Towards the street, the base of a tall elegant live oak tree is adorned with many plants in large pots of vibrant aqua, teal and turquoise. There is a rose, croton (Codiaeum variegatum), variegated ginger and snake plants (Dracaena trifasciata). The back side of the oak is blanketed with aloe and other succulents…under the watchful eye of a large whimsical yellow frog planter that holds a Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema Tigress).
One can take in the colors of the front yard while sitting on purple macrame swings that hang from the live oak. Rhonda and Carolyn also maintain a garden in the back where they grow bananas, muscadine grapes and pears. The Barron’s yard is a lively, colorful whimsical garden that deserves to be the Clermont Garden Club’s Yard of The Month!
If you would like to nominate your or your neighbor’s garden to be the Yard of The Month, send an email to clermontgardenclubinc@gmail.com.
Clermont Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
