Daffodils bloom by the dozens in the spring.--SUBMITTED PHOTO
Medicine Hat News
The Daffodil Project has determined three planting days this season, and you can register to participate.
The first planting day will be Sept. 23 at 8: 30 a.m. It is a wonderful opportunity to put an office team together and sign up to plant for an hour or two. If you belong to a club or organization, it is a great team building exercise too. The Daffodil Project will Tweet pictures of participating teams and post photos on its website.
Sept. 30 and Oct. 14 are the other planting dates for a few hours on each of those days in the morning.
The Daffodil Project has enough funds to purchase 15,000 bulbs for this planting season but would like that to be increased to at least 20,000.
Contributing to the project is a great way to mark Canada’s 150th birthday. A donation of $150 buys about 700 bulbs.
Every cent donated goes to purchase bulbs. Donate once and see the bulbs emerge every spring year after year.
The Daffodil Project has a goal of seeing a million bulbs planted by 2025 along the Trans-Canada Highway from Redcliff to Dunmore, about 10 kilometres. The purpose is simply to beautify the environment each spring.
This spring we saw the second flowering season of the project and this fall will be the third planting season.
Donations for bulbs can be made by depositing into the project’s trust account at ATB Financial with this number: 07329-00410789600. Email a copy of your bank deposit slip for acknowledgment of the donation with your name on the website. Click on “financial transparency” for those details. A donation can also be made in memory of a loved one too.
Email a deposit slip and/or register to help plant bulbs: hatdaffodils@gmail.com
If you would rather send a cheque, make it payable to The Daffodil Project and mail to 3257 Dunmore Rd. SE, T1B 3R2. You can call the chair of the project, Gillian Slade, at 403-528-8635.
The Daffodil Project’s website is: medhatdaffodils.wordpress.com, and on Twitter: @medhatdaffodils.
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