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In
Detroit,
Daffodils
signal
the
beginning
of warm
weather
and the
spring
planting
season.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
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News
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In
Detroit,
Daffodils
signal
the
beginning
of warm
weather
and the
spring
planting
season
By
Laydell
Wood
Harper
tellusdetroit.com
DETROIT
- The
12th
annual
Daffodil
Day
Luncheon
was held
this
past
Wednesday,
April
20th, at
the
Detroit
Yacht
Club on
Belle
Isle to
a
sold-out
crowd.
Local
garden
clubs
from the
entire
metropolitan
area are
represented
at the
Daffodils
4
Detroit
Luncheon;
Detroit’s
Indian
Village
Branch,
Grosse
Pointe
Farm &
Garden
Branch,
Warren
Branch,
Troy
Branch,
and
others.
The
Michigan
Division
Women’s
National
Farm and
Garden
Association
sponsors
the
annual
event.
More
than 450
people
attended
this
popular
annual
event.
And,
what a
delightful
sight it
was:
women
dressed
to the
nines in
their
finest
spring
attire
with
matching
spring
pastel-colored
straw
hats of
yellow,
white,
pink,
mint
green,
and
other
spring
colors.
Daffodil
Day is
one of
the most
popular
events
of the
year,
and
think,
this
year,
it’s one
of the
first
significant
fundraising
events
since
everyone
felt
comfortable
enough
to go
out to a
large
event.
Founded
in 2010
by
Claudia
Scioly,
a
Women’s
National
Farm and
Garden
Member,
the
Daffodil
Day
Luncheon
is an
annual
event to
showcase
restoration
efforts
on Belle
Isle and
to raise
money
for the
purchase
and
maintenance
of
additional
Daffodil
bulbs.
Pictured
are
Indian
Village
Garden
Club
members
Carolyn
Andrews
(L) and
Renata
Miller
who
attended
the
annual
Daffodil
Day
Luncheon
on
Wednesday,
April
20th, at
the
Detroit
Yacht
Club on
Belle
Isle.
(Photo
courtesy
of
Indian
Village
Garden
Club)
Daffodil
Committee
Chair
Robin
Heller
introduced
Mary
Sheffield,
Detroit
City
Council
President,
and
Amanda
Treadwell,
Michigan
Department
of
Natural
Resources.
Keynote
Speaker
Carolina
Pluszczynski,
Chief
Operating
Officer,
Michigan
Central,
Ford
Motor
Company.
The
theme
was
Michigan
Central
Mobility
Innovation
District.
The city
of
Detroit
is
inviting
the
public
to enjoy
the 2
million
daffodils
now
blooming
around
the
city.
“Detroit
is
becoming
a more
beautiful
city by
the day,
and at
no time
is it
more
visible
than
during
these
next two
weeks
when our
daffodils
are in
full
bloom,”
said
Barry
Burton,
project
manager
of the
Landscape
Design
Unit for
the City
of
Detroit.
“By the
end of
this
year, we
will
have 2.5
million
bulbs in
the
ground,
and
we’re
just
getting
started.
We have
the
potential
to
become a
major
visitor
attraction
each
spring.”
The
Detroit
beautification
project
is in
full
bloom.
More
than 2
million
Daffodils
have
been
planted
to date,
and Five
hundred
thousand
more
will be
planted
this
fall.
According
to a
spokesperson
from the
Mayor’s
office:
As part
of Mayor
Duggan’s
mission
to
create a
City of
Beauty,
2
million
daffodil
bulbs
have now
been
planted
in
partnership
with
Daffodils
for
Detroit.
With
another
500,000
to take
in these
beautiful
blooms.
The
flowers
are
springing
to life
now, and
peak
viewing
will be
in the
next two
weeks.
The city
will
provide
Daffodil
maps to
guide
visitors
to the
best
viewing
areas.
The peak
viewing
time is
now
through
the end
of
April.
Some of
the best
areas to
view the
daffodils
are:
• The
foot of
the
Belle
Isle
Bridge
and
Gabriel
Richard
Park
• Arden
Park,
Boston,
Chicago
Boulevards
and
Edison
Street
in the
Boston-Edison
neighborhood
• Rosa
Parks
North of
West
Grand
Boulevard,
including
Gordon
Park at
Rosa
Parks
and
Clairmount
• Palmer
Greenway
(Southbound
Woodward
Avenue,
north of
Seven
Mile
Road
north
near
Palmer
Park and
the
Palmer
Woods
neighborhood)
• Larned
from
I-375 to
Mt.
Elliott,
just
east of
downtown
• Oakman
Boulevard
in the
Aviation
Subdivision
• Nardin
Park
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