Dave Dalong spent the morning of Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 planting daffodil bulbs with The Daffodil Project, but later discovered he'd lost his wedding ring. Last Friday he and his wife Marilyn had celebrated their 61st anniversary.
It took about 50 volunteers only three hours to plant 20,000 daffodil bulbs for The Daffodil Project on Saturday.
Unfortunately one of the volunteers, Dave Dalong, who has participated for three years in a row, discovered later he had lost his wedding ring. It is of particular importance because Dave and his wife Marilyn celebrated their 61st anniversary last week.
He has walked the planting area but failed to find the ring. At this stage someone with a metal detector may be the answer. If you can help please call 403-528-8635.
The bulbs were planted at Len Mitzel Meadow and were the last 20,000 bulbs being planted this season. A few weeks ago another 20,000 were planted at Pierce Place and this was fifth planting season for the project. The bulbs were donated by Adair Prouty in honour of the late Len Mitzel who was the former MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat. Many of his family travelled a considerable distance to participate in Saturday’s planting.
Having to reschedule the original planting date appeared to be wise because the weather was a comfortable 14 C with plenty of sunshine for planting bulbs that will bloom next spring.
Volunteers are a mix of people who come year after year or have only recently heard about The Daffodil Project.
The project was established and is run by a committee with the goal of planting 1 million bulbs along the Trans-Canada Highway between Redcliff and Dunmore and all the way through Medicine Hat.
Several businesses in the area consistently support The Daffodil Project so all money donated can be used to buy bulbs.
Niwa Crane takes delivery of the bulbs, stores them and provides a truck to transport them on planting days. Grand Rental Station and A-Plus Rental each supplied ditch witches free of charge to create the furrows for the bulbs. Panago Pizza delivered free-of-charge pizzas to the site for volunteers to enjoy.
For additional information and photos about The Daffodil Project please check the website:
http://www.medhatdaffodils.wordpress.com
Email: hatdaffodils@gmail.com
Telephone: 403-528-8635
