'English' garden opens up to artists

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Artists are invited to Ms. Wilson's 18 S. Main St. home Sunday for third annual Art in the Park

Surrounded by trees that are well over 200 years old and sprinkled with wildflowers, the backyard of South Main Street resident Loida Wilson tends to take on a life of its own, she said.

She said her property is so big that it's difficult to maintain, especially since she's busy with work and taking care of her family. But, a few weeds is not enough to deter the Cranbury Arts Council from holding its next Art in the Park garden session there.

"I've been asked for many years to do it and I've never done it because I travel a lot and the yard is not, in my mind, where I'd like to see it from a maintenance standpoint," Ms. Wilson said. "But they convinced me this year to do it anyway. At one point this really was like an English garden, but to keep an English garden you have to have time."

Weeds or no weeds, local artists are invited to Ms. Wilson's 18 S. Main St. home Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. to paint, sketch or photograph scenes for this year's third Art in the Park garden session.
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