It was an amazing workday/plant sale today and the gardens were full of many visitors, including the retinues of two weddings (with a third to follow later in the afternoon). Cathy and Janice can be seen above and look like they could be in a parade representing Rotary Botanical Gardens. We had over 40 volunteers today (including a college group and 4H kids)that planted over 20,000 annuals. Janice, Big John and Larry helped coordinate this monumental effort and I ran around laying out plants just trying to keep a second ahead of the planters. We had many volunteers shift to bulb foliage cutting (ornamental onions) and other tasks. Marianne did a nice job with the clearance plant sale and had the help of Mary, Mary, Roy, Bev, Bob and Marv. We had too many volunteers to list but note the photos below. The first shot was taken Friday of our "fleet" all loaded and ready for action (which started immediately this morning). The next shots show Luis & Terri, the 4H planters, Mandy in the gazebo garden, Kay (walking thru the tight spacing of the impatiens with the dexterity and balance of an accomplished ninja) and Marti, the Cardinal Stritch volunteers, Janice in a field of flowers, Magda (attacking me with high velocity water) & Sara, Jody with his decorated Gator and a nice shot of the iris/allium combination west of the arboretum. We saw MANY visitors enjoying the irises today. THANKS! to all volunteers that helped today and we'll see you at 8am over the next three Saturdays for planting work days too! MD
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