Planting Valentine’s Main Street, May 12

Volunteers Amy Arganbright and daughter Juliette, worked in the middle portion of town adding plants to the various bumpouts located there. Amy was hopeful that plants would be inspirational to the community. Photos by Laura Vroman

Laurie Hodges is a retired horticulturist from UNL and loves plants. She was a member of Extension Research and said, “I love plants, and have my whole life.”

Western Community Forester Chrissy Land, far left, was visiting with crews who were planting on Friday, May 12, 2023. She said the plants and trees were all low maintenance and native regionally or adaptive and won’t require irrigation, once they’ve acclimated. Some of the vegetation and trees included: paper birch, sand cherry, cat mint, and little blue stem.