Thursday, June 2, 2022

Flower Pots for Calvin's Business Community - Come and Gone

The Outreach Committee and friends 
built flower boxes from scratch. 

These flower boxes will be put at Calvin's neighbour's property and visible from Merivale Road.

We hope that this will enhance the stretch of Merivale Road where Calvin is located.










One tree was cut down. Another one was already down.




Loading the truck







Milling the wood.




A truckload of boards. Ready to be dried over the winter.








The assembly phase




The assembled product






Staining the Planters






Filling the Planters




Watering




The planters on Merivale Road




The boxes must have been very attractive, 
as they were stolen overnight.
Only some flowers and the soil was left behind.
And the sticker, indicating “Property of Calvin Church”



On the positive side …
Three flower boxes were donated to the 
Parkdale Food Centre.
They were first used for a memorial service of Pat MacLeod, the unofficial major of Hintonburg.
Two flower boxes were donated to two friends who donated their expertise at no charge. (Milling & design)



Calvin’s neighbours loved the idea of having planters.
Some encouraged us to do it again, 
but maybe with concrete planters.

Good relationship with Calvin’s neighbours was reinforced!

And it was fun to work together on this project! 



1 comment:

Unknown said...

After al the work and community spirit that went into these special planters and contents. So very sorry to hear they were stolen.