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| (1) | Louise Boswell spends so much time gardening, she made this sign to direct visitors to her backyard. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (2) | Louise Boswell displays two of the more than 700 varieties of daylilies she grows in her garden. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (3) | Georgiana Jenkins' lushly planted garden incorporates manufactured objects such as painted bricks and tires, iron bed frames, wooden shutters and aluminum strips. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (4) | Jerry Brown plants onions, lettuce and cabbage in his vegetable garden. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (5) | Cambodian gardener, Kong Phong, grows Southeast Asian plants in his Mobile County garden. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (6) | The late Isabel Hill was an avid gardener who spent a lifetime tending 15 acres of Lanark Plantation, her home near Millbrook. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (7) | Isabel Hill's formal garden emphasizes symmetrical flowerbeds and neat borders. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (8) | Hun Hem grows Asian pumpkins used in traditional Cambodian cuisine. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (9) | Bean poles support long beans ready for harvest in this Cambodian garden near Irvington. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (10) | Sacred Harp singers enjoy a picnic under a grape arbor. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (11) | Alma Bodiford shells peas amidst one morning's harvest of corn, squash, purple hull peas and zucchini. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (12) | According to Alma Bodiford, these "standing up" butterbeans are easier to pick than the "sitting down" variety. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (13) | American beauty berries are prized for their purple berries in the fall. As a native plant, it is easy to grow from rooted cuttings or seeds. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (14) | The passionflower, or maypop, is a perennial vine found in the South. Indians ate the fruit and traditional herbalists use the plant as a nerve tonic (sedative) and pain reliever. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (15) | Growing up in rural Alabama, Alma Bodiford recalls using mullein to treat coughs and colds and to sooth the gums of teething babies. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (16) | These gourd birdhouses near Pondville have attracted a colony of purple martins, which eat insects harmful to plants. This method of garden pest control originated with the Indians. | [Photo: Joey Brackner] |
| (17) | Louise Daniels of Demopolis created these scarecrows to frighten hungry birds away from crops. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (18) | Another scarecrow created by Louise Daniels of Demopolis | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (19) | Gardeners often plant marigolds next to more vulnerable plants because they believe the powerful odor repels harmful insects and even deer. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (20) | Jerry Brown applies a commercial insecticide to his mustard greens. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (21) | The spider lily is also known as the resurrection lily because the foliage dies in the spring; then months later, in the fall, the flower appears seemingly overnight. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (22) | The Brantley Garden Club planted lantana to attract butterflies to their garden. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (23) | The technique of pruning plants flat against a wall is known as espalier. A barber by trade, Nelson Malden and his wife Willodean shaped these pyracantha to show their street address. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (24) | Antique roses grow along an old fencerow near Selma. Old varieties of roses are thought to be hardier and more fragrant than many newer hybrids. | [Photo: Joey Brackner] |
| (25) | Flowers are judged by category at the Alabama National Fair flower show. These are the entries in the rose section. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (26) | Ave Maria Grotto, a three-acre garden filled with shrines and miniature replicas of holy sites, was the creation of Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (27) | Dora Haas, Caroline Allen and the ladies of the St. John's Episcopal Church (Montgomery) flower guild decorate the church inside and out with white Easter flowers. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (28) | Exterior of St. John's Episcopal Church decorated for Easter by the church flower guild. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (29) | This crab apple near Rutledge (Crenshaw County) has been transformed into an Easter egg tree. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (30) | A favorite garden statue is that of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, easily identifiable by his monk's habit and birds. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (31) | This rabbit is one of several hay bale sculptures on James Byrd's ranch near Forkland. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (32) | Theories abound on the origins of whitewashing tree trunks: to deter insects, to make trees more visible in the dark, to prevent the sun scalding young fruit trees, or to make the landscape look neat and orderly. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (33) | Vera Davis of Edwin (Henry County) keeps her traditional dirt yard swept clean of all debris and vegetation. | [Photo: Stephen Grauberger] |
| (34) | For Decoration Day each April, families clean, mound and decorate the graves at the Spring Hill Baptist Church cemetery in Hale County. | [Photo: Joey Brackner] |
| (35) | This urban mailbox is beautified by flowers planted around its base. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (36) | Coretta Webb edges her flowerbeds with painted rocks and supplements her salvia with artificial flowers for a more colorful display. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (37) | Canning is one way of preserving fruit to last all year. Rufus Jones sells his pear and fig preserves at the Montgomery Curb Market. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (38) | Judy Baker and Ruth Hudman sell poinsettias. Ruth and her husband Ray grow fruit, flowers and vegetables on their 35-acre farm near Clanton and bring their produce to Montgomery to sell. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (39) | Jerry Crook sells amaryllis and Christmas cactus in December at the Montgomery Curb Market. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (40) | It takes Michael Goldsmith three weeks to decorate his yard for Christmas, but it is spectacular by day and night. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (41) | Night shot of Michael Goldsmith's yard during Christmas | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |
| (42) | This cedar in George Henderson's yard makes a nice Christmas tree. | [Photo: Anne Kimzey] |