A handful of volunteers risked snow covered roads to come to the Gardens this morning to make 100 fresh floral arrangements to be distributed to Meals on Wheels recipients on the Boothbay and Bristol peninsulas and in Damariscotta. This free Martin Luther King Day of Service Project was made possible through an award to the Gardens from the Maine Commission for Community Service.

Gardens Volunteer Coordinator Amanda Russell and Emily Ellingson, Environmental Educator,  prepared instructions, as well as all the materials, including fresh flowers, vases, ribbons for bows, and the makings for attractive hand-made cards.  Special thanks to volunteer Carolynn Dolbear, who helped make this day special by baking lemon pound cake for our snack. Participants were Mary Chase, Joan Vargas, Mary Neal and Rochelle Runge. – Margaret Hoffman