Message From Our President – 2020
The Edmonds in Bloom board of directors is thinking a lot about you and about our plans for the summer. This, our 25th Anniversary year, was planned as a celebration of gardening and enhancing our community through floral activities and projects. We hope to continue our scheduled events, but like all organizations in our community, we are anticipating many changes and will adapt our plans as necessary.
During this time of the COVID-19 crisis, we as gardeners remain optimistic, resilient and resourceful. We read seed catalogs in winter, plant starts in the spring, nurture our gardens in the summer, and ready bulbs in the fall for next year’s blooms. If a plant doesn’t work in one space, we adjust and move it. If a groundcover starts to take over, we amend it and give starts to our neighbors. We are always thinking about, planning for, and tending to our gardens.
We are now adapting to the changing world, as you are. We are monitoring and meeting online to review and, as necessary, revise our summer plans. We are hopeful that plant growers and nurseries will remain open, and we know there are online resources and ways to support our local nurseries through ordering and delivery. We are optimistic that we can continue with our upcoming activities. And we will be resilient if changes are necessary.
Earlier this spring, Edmonds in Bloom supported the following projects: funding for the City’s hanging baskets and street corners, new containers for corners at 4th and Dayton, bench for new Civic Playfield, containers with maple trees at Edmonds Center for the Arts, and a project at Kruckeberg Botanic Garden.
You can check out our website at https://edmondsinbloom.com/ and follow us on Facebook as we post updates about our activities, including news about the Garden Tour, which is currently scheduled for July 19.. We know that everyday there is more news and additional closures, but our gardens are growing and flowers are blooming. The beauty of our local landscapes is there for our neighbors, who walk by our gardens on their now daily walks, while taking measures to stay closer to home.
Carol Murray
Edmonds in Bloom President