The fourth year of the Belfast Daffodil Project is coming to a close!!
- Over 130 volunteers put in 41,100 daffodil bulbs
- 21,100 bulbs planted in these public spaces:
- 20,000 bulbs planted in Belfast personal gardens
- $11,500 raised and used for the sole purpose of buying bulbs
**This years Daffie Award goes to Annadeene Fowler (Vinolio's Gift Certificate) who organized 25 businesses to donate 8000 bulbs for Park on Main ($2000)
**The Volunteer Planter Award goes to Mary Brown (Marshall Wharf Gift Certificate) who participated in 4 different plantings with the accumulative total of over 9000 bulbs
More thanks go out to C. Brewster Cunning (for managing the Belfast Daffodil Project Website) and Head Gardeners Peg OConner, Jeffrey Mabee, Karna Olsen, Jan Owen, Ruta Kadanoff, and Michael Bowe who sold and distributed over 7400 bulbs!!
1) Buy bulbs for next year now! If you order them this year the cost is $25/100, while an order next year is $30/100
2) Get on the volunteer list for next year! Typically we start in May, collecting planters, PR, Head Gardeners (who collect for their individual neighborhoods), and organizers