April showers…Bring May flowers

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Published on Friday, May 13, 2016

Submitted photo. This year’s Sprucewood School’s flower pot sale is helping out a very worthy cause, the Free the Children Foundation.

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Water and flowers have always gone together and Sprucewood School is keeping that tradition alive. This small K-12 school on the Hutterian Sprucewood Colony near Brookdale in the Beautiful Plains School Division is once again selling hanging flower pots. These 12” pots were planted by the 36 Kindergarten to Grade 12 students under the supervision of the head gardeners, Garry and Colleen Wollmann. With each student choosing their favourite flowers, there are a variety of unique and beautiful creations to choose from.  

Usually, the water is to help the flowers grow, but this year, the flowers are to help the clean water flow.

At $40 each, your purchase of a basket will help bring clean drinking water and sanitation to a needy village. The profit from the sale of these pots will be given toward the Free the Children Foundation for Clean Water and Sanitation.

This project is made possible through the resources, time and coordination of the Beautiful Plains School Division, Sprucewood School, Garry and Colleen Wollmann, head gardeners of Sprucewood Colony, and the up to date greenhouse facility onsite.  The greenhouse facility is complete with the latest technology for watering, fertilizing, temperature control and air flow.  The main building holds cold and freezer storage, office, equipment shed and potting rooms.  Sprucewood Colony even has its own bees for pollination.  With tomatoes ripening, flowers blooming, bees buzzing and the laughter of children, it already feels like spring has sprung!

If you are interested in supporting this worthwhile cause while beautifying your backyard oasis, please contact Garry at 204-841-3404.