Daffodil Projects

City of Newport

Department of Public Services

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release

 

DATE: October 24, 2012

CONTACT: Scott Wheeler, Buildings & Grounds Supervisor

TELEPHONE: (401) 845-5802 FAX: (401) 842-6919

E-MAIL: swheeler@cityofnewport.com

 

 

Volunteers Needed to Plant Daffodils

 

Volunteers are needed to assist with the planting ~18,000 bulbs daffodils on the Cliff Walk to the north of Shepard Ave on Friday October 26^th beginning at 8am. This is the eight year of the Newport Daffodil Projects campaign to beautify Newport by creating large naturalized meadows of yellow daffodils. The project is a partnership of community volunteers, the City of Newport, the Newport Preservation Society, Salve Regina University and the Newport Restoration Foundation. The plantings are made possible by the generous support of a private donor. Volunteers are asked to bring gloves and hand trowels. Please contact the Newport Buildings & Grounds Supervisor, Scott Wheeler, at 845-5802 or swheeler@cityofnewport.com with any questions.

(photo contributed by John Hirschboeck)