Downtown planting season nearly here

Volunteers needed to make Kokomo beautiful again this year

The city will be festooned with flowers once again this year, and citizens will have a chance to assist in the decorating. The Kokomo Downtown Association held a planting event on April 7 to get more than 1,000 hanging baskets ready, and the turnout was something that would have been impossible a year ago.

According to downtown association director Susan Alexander, between 60-75 volunteers were on hand to help with the planting, “from little Girl Scouts to big Kokomo BobKats.”

Members of the Kokomo BobKats basketball team volunteered to plant hanging baskets on April 7. To volunteer for the community planting day on May 14, visit www.greaterkokomo.com

“Everybody did such a good job,’ said Alexander. “We got all of the baskets planted, and we were able to pot up some of the plants that will be put into the ground. It’s a great effort. It was really nice to see a bunch of people. Last year, we really limited the number that could come out because of the pandemic.”