Chris Paul Farais created a 'pumpkin house' in a raised garden in their Brant county backyard.
Every time Chris Paul Farias stepped into their backyard this summer, the hundreds of pumpkin plant 'friends' curling around trellises, up fences and across neighbouring trees never ceased to amaze.Chris Paul Farais created a "pumpkin house" in a raised garden in their Brant county backyard.
Their husband suggested they pull some of the plants out, but Farias said they'd already fallen in love. "They were growing up my roof. They turned my raised garden into this beautiful house covered with giant leaves that I could go in to just relax."This fall they harvested, at last count, 167 pumpkins and other types of gourd, they said.Brenda Ferguson, CEO of Today's Family, said during Farias's visit the "children's eyes lit up with amazement as their play space had transformed into the most sincerest pumpkin patch of all.
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