Historical Summer 2003 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Not long after “Blitz Day”, Operation Brightside offers flowers for neighbors to plant in public areas.
This has become the basis for our neighborhood Plant Exchange, held this year on May 3. Operation Brightside gave the Skinker-DeBaliviere Neighborhood 18 trays of seedling flowers, with approximately 200 flowers per tray. Thus, about 3,600 marigolds, dianthus, and zinnias were given to block captains who had placed orders for flowers and to neighbors who visited the Plant Exchange Day.
Also available at the 4 Corners Park were some beautiful plants from the gardens of nearby residents, including liriope, snow-on-the mountain, coneflowers, daisies, iris, and more, even a couple of towering arborvitae evergreens. More packets of grass seed were given away this year than ever. Our mulch from the City of St. Louis was late, due to a backlog of orders, but it arrived in time for the following weekend. Volunteers served the traditional hotdog lunch to participants in the plant exchange after they greened up the neighborhood a bit.
The Beautification Com-mittee, under the guidance of Nicole Blumner planted iris, day lilies, and marigolds in the pocket park at Westminster at Des Peres, and near Delmar at DesPeres. Later the Beautification Committee was assisted by Jr. Girl Scout Troop 3528, who planted hundreds of flowers in the playground and planters at 4 Corners Park. Thank you from the Beautification Committee and SDCC for all who participated in this most successful Plant Exchange to date.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2003.
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