Adopt a Flowerbed
What is Adopt-a-Flowerbed?
Adopt-a-flowerbed is an effort to encourage public involvement in ongoing community beautification. Volunteers/Sponsors can plant, weed and care for park flowerbeds.
Who Can Get Involved?
Any interested organization, individuals and neighborhood groups can care for their "own" flowerbed. You may adopt a favorite site or the Parks & Recreation Department can suggest a flowerbed needing to be adopted.
What Are The Duties of an Adopt-a-Flowerbed Volunteer?
The expectation is that the volunteer will prepare the bed prior to planting, plant the flowers (provided by the City), weed the flowerbed at least weekly, pinch back spent blooms, water the flowers (3 times per week), trim grass around the bed and remove the plants and rake the bed after the first hard frost.
Tools
The Parks and Recreation Department, located at 3600 86th Street, will provide the bedding plants, all the fertilizer and insect & disease control products and provide planting and maintenance instructions.
Recognition
Adopt-a-Flowerbed signs will be placed next to the flowerbeds to recognize those volunteers who have taken part of their valuable time to keep our City beautiful.
How Can I/We Get Involved?
If you would like to learn more or have a representation come talk to your group, please contact Parks & Recreation at (515) 278-3963, or by email. If you would like an application for the Adopt-a-Flowerbed, click here.
