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Alexis Marshall and Torrin Knights plant some bulbs Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 at the Daffodil Project's 12,000-bulb planting event.
Medicine Hat News
A large group of Daffodil Project volunteers spent Saturday morning with their hands and knees in the dirt to help make the project’s vision become a reality.
The group met at Len Mitzel Meadow just south of the Trans-Canada Highway with the goal of planting 12,000 daffodil bulbs by the end of their day.
“This whole area was designated to honour the former MLA of Cypress Medicine Hat Len Mitzel,” said Daffodil Project chair Gillian Slade. “This is a route he used to use to travel back home to Foremost, so it’s appropriate it will be covered in daffodils next year.”
Slade says the community support behind the project has been amazing.
“The volunteer support is everything to us,” she said. “We depend on the volunteers for these plantings.”
“We need people to plant the bulbs, use the Ditch Witch and people to put soil back on top — I think the public has taken ownership of the project, which is really nice to see.
