Floral murals will welcome spring flowers at Germantown garden
The murals were completed off-site and installed by city staff. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
As visitors return to Oaklawn Garden in Germantown with warmer weather and blossoming flowers in spring, they’ll notice a vibrant addition to the Cloyes house that sits on the grounds.
Painted flowers have been added to the home’s panels, featuring an iris, various azalea species and other plants grown at Oaklawn. The poem “Bathed in Elegance” by Germantown resident Jenni Proctor inspired the florals, and her words are also featured at the home.
Oaklawn Garden sits on Poplar Pike at the eastern edge of Old Germantown. The grounds were the home of Becky and Harry Cloyes for decades. Harry Cloyes added artifacts from Germantown and railroads to the landscape of flowers, trees and shrubbery that draw people to the park when the flowers bloom after winter steals their beauty from the grounds.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is a lifelong resident of Shelby County and a graduate of the University of Memphis. She has worked for several local publications and covers the suburbs for The Daily Memphian.
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