Elsie Kelm wrote a weekly gardening column which featured local garden decorations, planning, tips, and the gardens around town.
The edge of the garden is bordered by stone wall garden tat holds houseplants, such as begonias, geraniums and oxalis. Annuals of dwarf snaps, dwarf marigold, ageratum, Mexican zinnia, nasturtiums and alpine plants are in the rock pockets. The roks were collected by the Steinbachs from all over the country. The decorative elk-horns originated from Montana.
The well-planned patio garden featured here, belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steinback, 541 Thomas Ave. Forest Park. The surrounding gravel areas contain planters of chimney tops and surtile. In these are a variety of flowering almond, daisies, azalea, heuchera, miniature dahlia, California poppies, treas of silver maple and pussy willow.
In the 1970’s the Forest Park Review featured a weekly gardening column written by Elsie Kehm. Her features included the imported garden of Mr. and Mis Wienhold at 911 Hannah, which had summer poinsettias, carnations foromo Germany and geraniums from Switzerland. She celebrated the begonias of Mrs. Dorthy Korbel and Mrs. Pat Hatcher, of 7651 Adams. The Berlingers, from 529 Beloit had prize-sized Idaho potatoes and tomatoes that weighed well over a pound. She celebrated the garden hedges around town, ornaments in gardens, and the patio’s that were carefully considered in her love of the remarkable gardening in Forest Park.