2021 Planting Activities & More

Add fabric to the 2 peacock frames (6)

Meet CJ at WMU Landscape Services to zip tie landscape fabric to the peacock frames

Add soil to the 2 peacock frames. (15)

This is a fun and messy job and we have 2 peacock bodies and heads to fill. Bring gloves and a shovel because we use the handle to make sure the soil gets packed in and fills out the fabric.

Plant flowers in peacock frames & have ready before Forestry comes to attach peacock heads to bodies (6)

Bring sharp pointy scissors to make a slit into the fabric and stuff in the plant.

Plant flowers in peacock frames & have ready before Forestry comes to attach peacock heads to bodies (10)

Bring sharp pointy scissors to make a slit into the fabric and stuff in the plant.

Help CJ zip tie fabric on the outside of the canoe and butterfly structures (4)

Plant 16 containers at the Transportation Center. Bring a cart to carry flats to big pots. (7)

Check in volunteers (3)

Check in volunteers at separate tables, distribute assignments & shirts, and make sure volunteers keep a 6-ft distance from each other in line.

Plant the canoe and butterfly, as well as the beds where they sit and the raised rock circle bed; also add mulch to the beds (28)

Bring gloves, trowel (or small shovel), kneeling pad, and bucket. We'll be adding mulch to the beds after planting. Extra supplies will be available.

Bed Supervisor (10)

Be the lead volunteer on a particular bed and assisting others planting. Explain the bed diagram, help lay out the plants before planting, answer questions & thank volunteers. You'll receive the bed diagram to review prior to planting day.

Check in volunteers (3)

Check in volunteers at separate tables, distribute assignments & shirts, and make sure volunteers keep a 6-ft distance from each other in line.

Plant Library Lane and Veterans Memorial beds, and add mulch to the beds (28)

Bring gloves, trowel (or small shovel), kneeling pad, and bucket. We'll be adding mulch to the beds after planting. Extra supplies will be available.

Bed Supervisor (10)

Be the lead volunteer on a particular bed and assisting others planting. Explain the bed diagram, help lay out the plants before planting, answer questions & thank volunteers. You'll receive the bed diagram to review prior to planting day.

Check in volunteers (3)

Check in volunteers at separate tables, distribute assignments & shirts, and make sure volunteers keep a 6-ft distance from each other in line.

Plant City Hall beds and 2 sidewalk beds in front of canoe, and add mulch to the beds. May also need to finish planting other beds that didn't get done the days before. (20)

Bring gloves, trowel (or small shovel), kneeling pad, and bucket. We'll be adding mulch to the beds after planting. Extra supplies will be available.

Bed Supervisor (10)

Be the lead volunteer on a particular bed and assisting others planting. Explain the bed diagram, help lay out the plants before planting, answer questions & thank volunteers. You'll receive the bed diagram to review prior to planting day.

Plant the new trail head bed at Bicentennial Park on Kilgore Road (6)

Help the Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership team plant the orange slice bed and several containers (5)

Install topiaries (15)

Load select flowers on to carts to prepare for pickup the following morning (4)

Check in volunteers (3)

Check in volunteers at separate tables, distribute assignments & shirts, and make sure volunteers keep a 6-ft distance from each other in line.

Plant beds on the East side of Bronson Park, the large Courthouse bed on Rose Street, and add mulch to beds (35)

Bring gloves, trowel (or small shovel), kneeling pad, and bucket. We'll be adding mulch to the beds after planting. Extra supplies will be available.

Bed Supervisor (10)

Be the lead volunteer on a particular bed and assisting others planting. Explain the bed diagram, help lay out the plants before planting, answer questions & thank volunteers. You'll receive the bed diagram to review prior to planting day.

Load select flowers on to carts to prepare for pickup the following morning (4)

Check in volunteers (3)

Check in volunteers at separate tables, distribute assignments & shirts, and make sure volunteers keep a 6-ft distance from each other in line.

Plant beds & stage on the west side of Bronson Park, beds on north middle side of park, beds across from the Civic, 2 beds at the Courthouse, and 2 front City Hall beds, and add mulch to the beds (38)

Bring gloves, trowel (or small shovel), kneeling pad, and bucket. We'll be adding mulch to the beds after planting. Extra supplies will be available.

Bed Supervisor (10)

Be the lead volunteer on a particular bed and assisting others planting. Explain the bed diagram, help lay out the plants before planting, answer questions & thank volunteers. You'll receive the bed diagram to review prior to planting day.

Load select flowers on to carts to prepare for pickup the following morning (4)

Check in volunteers (3)

Check in volunteers at separate tables, distribute assignments & shirts, and make sure volunteers keep a 6-ft distance from each other in line.

Plant beds in the back of City Hall, 2 triangle beds on the South side of Bronson Park & 2 peacock beds, and add mulch to beds (30)

Bring gloves, trowel (or small shovel), kneeling pad, and bucket. We'll be adding mulch to the beds after planting. Extra supplies will be available.

Bed Supervisor (10)

Be the lead volunteer on a particular bed and assisting others planting. Explain the bed diagram, help lay out the plants before planting, answer questions & thank volunteers. You'll receive the bed diagram to review prior to planting day.

Napp's Greenhouse, 3118 N. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo 49004. Pick up flower tree pots (5)

Helpful if volunteer has a vehicle that has a lot of flat space to load up flower pots

Help CJ assemble flower trees in the center of Bronson Park (6)