HAVERHILL — Four decades of careful planning and planting have earned one Haverhill couple the city’s latest gardening honor.
The Haverhill Garden Club has named Jim and Susan Fonseca of Race Street the Garden of the Month winners for July, awarding a landscape the club said reflects both artistry and practicality.
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