The Great American Cleanup 2000
On Saturday, May
6th, bright sunny skies greeted more than 250 volunteers who rolled up
their sleeves and joined Keep Stamford Beautiful for the Great American
Cleanup 2000. 
KSB hosted cleanups in the
Cove, Glenbrook, Springdale, Waterside and West Side neighborhoods. More
than 10,000 pounds of litter and debris were removed from public areas of
the City. A traffic island in Waterside was planted with trees and shrubs,
a flower garden was planted at the Lathon Wider Community Center in the
South End, and Carwin Park on Spruce Street in the West Side was
cleaned. 
The volunteer workforce came
from the Springdale Neighborhood Association, the Glenbrook Neighborhood
Association, Waterside Coalition, Merrill Lynch, William M. Mercer, 
Clearview Investment Management, Mutual Housing, Fuji Medical
Systems, Community Volunteers in Action, Darien Presbyterian Church, West
Side United Neighbors, Martin Luther King Tenant Association, Keep America
Beautiful, Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk, United Auto Workers Local
2377, and students from Stamford High School. Thanks to the Stamford
Office of Operations for disposal of all the collected debris.
Saturday, June the 10th was KSB's "Beautification Day 2000" project in the City of Stamford. Volunteers from the Springdale Neighborhood Association, Mutual Housing, and W&M Properties planted more than 1,750 annuals in planters located in Springdale, the West Side, and South End. Bartlett Tree Experts donated mulch for the playgrounds at the Lathon Wider Community Center in the South End.
KSB would like to recognize Marion Glowka, DSSD Streetscape
Coordinator; Marilyn Trefry, President of the Springdale Neighborhood
Association; Frances Gerety, KSB Board of Directors; 
Martha Burns, West Side Community Organizer, and Velma
Tyson, Resident Community Organizer of Mutual Housing; and Anita Caggiano,
W&M Properties, for coordinating Beautification Day 2000 in the
neighborhoods.
In the Garden
The
Language of Flowers
Flowers can
convey love a lot more easily than the ritual of the hapless blossom that
loses its beauty petal by petal from a girl reciting, "He loves me. He
loves me not."
Roses, of course, have the
commercially approved designation of love, particularly when long-stemmed,
boxed in a group of 12 and delivered by the florist.
But according to
old English lore, tulips, forget-me-nots and tomatoes all connote love.
Tomatoes? That dates back from the colonial days, when they were called
love apples. They made a popular part of valentines and other messages of
love, even though they were considered poisonous to eat.
Most flowers'
messages are as complimentary as their beauty and aroma. A few of the
negative ones include the appropriately named mandrake, dragonswort and
snakes foot to indicate horror; the dahlia for suspicion (the 1946 murder
mystery "The Blue Dahlia" took its name from this); and marigolds for
jealousy.
So when putting together your next flower arrangement,
consider more than a pleasing design of color, texture and size.
Think
of the following messages hidden in the petals:
| Anemone - forsaken Apple Blossoms - hope, new-found love Bachelor's Button - celibacy, bachelorhood Carnation (red) - admiration Carnation (yellow) - rejection Chrysanthemum - wealth Crocus - cheerfulness Daffodil - self-love Dahlia - treachery Daisy - innocence, loyalty Dandelion - coquetry Forget-Me-Not - remembrance, true love Foxglove - insincerity Gardenia - secret love Geranium - faith, friendship Honeysuckle - generosity Hyacinth - rebirth Iris - secret message, wisdom Jasmine - amiability |
Laurel - glory Lavender - acknowledgement Lilac - youth, tenderness Lily - purity, majesty Lily of the Valley - return to happiness Lotus - eloquence Marigold - jealousy Mistletoe - perseverance, kissing (only if hung on a door frame) Myrtle - love, triumph Narcissus - self-love, from the mythical mortal who had this fault Oleander - warning Orange Blossoms - chastity, purity Orchid - hello Pansy - thoughtfulness, from the little faces the flowers resemble Passion Flower - religious fervor Peony - bashfulness Periwinkle - remembrance Phlox - unanimity Poppy - forgetfulness, like the opium made from it Primrose - childhood Rose - love, grace, beauty Rosemary - remembrance Sunflower - false riches Tulip - love, with variations based on color - striped tulips mean "your eyes are beautiful; I see love in them." Violet - modest, like the shrinking kind Water Lily - eloquence Zinnia - love in absence |
Glenbrook Metro North Station project
McKinsey & Company, Inc., an international management consulting firm located in Stamford, contacted KSB to organize a corporate team-building project for them. Working with Gloria Battinelli, President of the Glenbrook Neighborhood Association, it was determined that landscaping the Metro North railroad station in Glenbrook would be a project for the volunteers.
|
|
|
On Saturday, June 24th, 14 volunteers arrived and began installing over 100 shrubs and perennials in two planting areas at the station. Thanks to all the volunteers, Gloria and Pat Battinelli, and the Office of Operations for making this beautification project a success.
