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Kalamazoo in Bloom

Bed Adopter Volunteers 2022

We have opportunities to adopt in downtown Kalamazoo or the City Centre in Portage. Perfect opportunity for groups or on your own. Responsibilities include weeding, deadheading, and removing debris from your bed. Going on vacation for a week? No problem, let the gardener(s) know and they'll care for it until you return. KIB gardeners will take care of all the watering.

Portage bed adopter orientation
Kalamazoo bed adopter orientation

Adopters will have their names on the flower bed sign all summer long. Sign up before June 1 to have your name on the sign.

Sign up to adopt a flower bed in downtown Kalamazoo. Tend to your bed once a week throughout the summer (end of May through the end of September).
Sign up to adopt a flower bed in Portage. Tend to your bed once a week throughout the summer (end of May through the end of September).
Sign up to adopt flower containers at the Transportation Center in Kalamazoo. The volunteer group who helps us plant the containers at the train station could use assistance tending to the flower containers throughout the summer. Transportation Center staff does all of the watering, but you can visit the containers once per week to help pinch off spent blooms and clear out litter so they stay spectacular looking for all those coming into Kalamazoo.

There will be a limited number of new shirts this year. Feel free to wear a Kalamazoo in Bloom shirt from past seasons. If you're a new volunteer, please be sure to let us know your unisex shirt size. KIB volunteer shirts identify you as a volunteer while working. Kalamazoo bed adopters will get a new parking pass.

We also invite you to attend one of our family day open houses to learn more about KIB, what we do to beautify our communities, and how volunteer support is essential to our mission. Virtual open house is on April 21 at 6:30 (recording found on our Facebook page). In-person family days are on Saturday, May 14 from 10:30-11:30 at Bronson Park or Sunday, May 15 from 10:30-11:30 on Library Lane in Portage. These may be especially helpful for new volunteers. Registrations for each of these can be found here.

For additional questions, contact Monika Trahe at [email protected] or 269.548.6232. Thank you!

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Available Slot

KALAMAZOO BED ADOPTER (40)

Tend to your bed once a week throughout the summer (end of May through the end of September)

15 of 40 slots filled

Diann Morris

same as last year

Cheryl Kuta

Bronson Park where small alligator used to be

Judy Naylor

Same bed as the last two years, if possible

Jan Benner

Bronson Park bed, same as previous years

Kaylana Jones

Preferred medium sized flower bed! (i am small but mighty)

Jean Schweitzer

Same bed as last year please. Thanks.

Katherine Kinas

Same bed as last year w/Margaret

Margaret Strzelecki

Same bed as last year w/Katherine

Connie Carroll

pollinator gardens if still available

Jane Schroder

Same as last year

Lynda McKinnon

Same round bed as last year, if possible.

Peg Cancro

Same round bed in Bronson Park, adopting with Lynda McKinnon again.

Liliya Vansovich

A flower bed of a medium size

Kalamazoo Roller Derby (2)

PORTAGE BED ADOPTER (20)

Tend to your bed once a week throughout the summer (end of May through the end of September)

All slots filled

Bernatche School Of Dance (4)

Same as last year if possible.

Gloria Lowrance

Circle bed with Cara Terry

Sadia Faisal (2)

Renee Hart

Kathy Grueter

Sharing bed with Karen Wyatt

Susan Lane

Portage City Hall - sign bed

Jill Williams

Cara Terry

Circle bed

Czuk Family

Julia Horton

Small bed on Library Lane

Annette Arkush

Linda Whitlock

Portage Bicentennial Park Trailhead

Kanika Saini

Brett Meyer

Same butterfly bed, Med & Large shirts

Missy Pluta

Usual bed at end of Library Lane

Judy Nichols

same bed as last year

TRAIN STATION CONTAINERS ADOPTER (2)

Once a week, tend to the large planted containers at the transportation center in downtown Kalamazoo (weed, deadhead, clear out litter)

All slots filled

Sadia Faisal

Abraham Hempel

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