Flower planting beautifies Gregory

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L-R: Linda Topping, Unadilla Township clerk; Susan Daily, Stockbridge Area Garden Club member; Bev Glynn, SAGC member; Sarah Robinson; Linda Walker, Unadilla Township supervisor; Kalista Opsahl, grand-daughter of Linda Walker; and Keith Huck. Not pictured: Photographer Judy Williams, SAGC president.

by Judy Williams

The forecast of rain and the prospect of back-straining work in the hot morning sun proved no deterrent as eight civic-minded gardeners gathered Saturday, May 26, to plant flowers along Michigan 36 in Gregory.

In all, 18 flats of petunias and more than a dozen bags of mulch now add splashes of red, white and blue to the intersection, due to the efforts of Linda Topping, Unadilla Township clerk; Susan Daily, Stockbridge Area Garden Club member; Bev Glynn, SAGC member; Sarah Robinson; Linda Walker, Unadilla Township supervisor; Kalista Opsahl, grand-daughter of Linda Walker; Judy Williams, SAGC president, and Keith Huck.

With knee pads in hand, Walker and Topping thanked Mark Schroeder, Unadilla Township fire chief for applying Roundup, donated by Hickory Ridge Farm, and they expressed appreciation to Gary LaCasse for rototilling the area.
“Everything looks good now,” Topping said, “but the flowers will be beautiful by the Gregory 4th of July Parade.”
In keeping with tradition, Susan Daily used her Mother’s gardening trowel for the planting. Daily’s Mother, Frances Howlett, helped first establish the garden club in February 1984.
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