Source: MOUNTAIN XPRESS, 10/9/17


The approach down Onteora Boulevard passes yard after yard of typical suburban landscaping: wide, green swaths of close-cropped grass, most with a mulched tree or two and perhaps a few low bushes flanking the doorways. That regularity makes the first glimpse of Megan Riley’s M R Gardens even more striking by contrast. Her 2 acres in Oakley are a riot of colors, textures and heights — native goldenrod sways in the breeze, tomatoes glisten red and green on the vine, and a tangle of hops crawls up a trellis beside her house.

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