Last Friday I had the pleasure of meeting with Isabelle Yamin.  This extraordinary constituent of mine won the Oakland County Gardener of the Year honor at the Oakland County Fair last summer.  What is even more amazing is the fact that at the age of eight, Isabelle was among the youngest of the nearly fifty competitors.  The Gardener of the Year competition is open each year to Oakland County youths between the ages of eight and eighteen who enter their homegrown produce in the Oakland County 4H Fair.  The winner is selected based on their performance in several gardening categories.  Isabelle tends a plot every year at Bower’s Farm, part of the Bloomfield Hills School District.  I am proud of Isabelle’s accomplishments, and encourage her to continue her unique and wholesome hobby.  See pictures here.