By Linda Nunes

Civic Pride Volunteers have selected the yard at 731 Balden, belonging to Victor & Veronica Aguilar and their family which includes Candy, Brandon, Alexis, Michael & Nick, for the September “Yard of the Month.” The family moved to Fillmore from Santa Paula in 2021.

Victor is the one who enjoys the yard work & designed the miniature tree Roses to surround the inside of the white picket fence. These Roses have blooms of red, shades of pink & orange. He removed a big tree in the center of the yard & planted a tree that has four different fruits grafted on; apricot, plum & two different types of peaches. All of these have produced fruit, says Victor.

Other fruit trees in the front yard are Pomegranate, Strawberry Guava, & Lime. Veronica says they have trees with oranges & figs in the backyard. Victor trained a large seedless green grape vine to grow across the entry way & on across the top of the garage door opening, giving the home great “curb appeal”.

Near the entry way, a very unusual, deep purple shrub with beautifully shaped leaves was described by Veronica as a red blooming Hibiscus that they brought from Mexico as seeds & have successfully grown it into a show piece. Other plants seen are white grandiflora roses, small palm trees, an Aloe & tomatoes with lettuce in a pot.

The Aguilar family looks forward to exploring Otto & Sons Nursery to use their gift card award. Civic Pride Volunteers appreciate Otto & Sons Nursery for generously providing this award to keep our project going. We have seen creative improvements all around the community…making Fillmore beautiful!