Published in the April 27 – May 10, 2016 issue of Morgan Hill Life
By Staff Report
Photo by Marty Cheek
Irene Mort prepares a flower bed for new plants coming this May.
Irene Mort of the South Valley Fleurs Garden Club was out with other volunteers recently pulling weeds out of the downtown planters and clearing the sidewalks. She told us they are preparing the soil for begonias to be planted in early May.
“We have 40 volunteers who help us such as grandparents who bring their grand kids to help, Boy Scout troops, Girl Scouts, and Pioneer Girls,” she said. “We’re weeding now because we haven’t planted for a long time. When our volunteers come, they won’t have to do the heavy weeding.”
The garden club plants flowers to give the downtown some color four times a year. Mort told us that Dave Vincent, the owner of CalColor, donates the flower plants from his Morgan Hill-based company.
“He’s been doing it for almost 20 years, and never asks for any publicity. He gives all those beautiful plants to us that make the downtown look so great,” she said.
Thank you, Dave, for your generosity to making our community more beautiful with flowers.
