Gateway to Gloucester
Planning began in 2006.
Troughs (planters) made in 2006. Design and
planting in winter and spring of 2007. Planted
red, white and blue flowers in planters located at
each tollbooth at the northbound side of the Coleman
Bridge. Replanted for each season; employees
at bridge water the plants.
2008
- fill planters with plants throughout year.
VDOT maintains.
Plant an America’s Anniversary Garden 
Adapted from Virginia Cooperative Extension’s website at
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-210/426-210.html.
In
2007, Virginia will mark the 400th anniversary of
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the
Americas. The commemoration features educational
programs, cultural events, fairs, and various live and
broadcast entertainments sponsored by Virginia and
cities and towns across the commonwealth. See the
America's 400th Anniversary website at
www.americasanniversary.com for information about
this salute to America's birthplace. The big weekend for
Jamestown is May 11-13, 2007.
Communities and citizens also will be improving their
streets, parks, schools, businesses, and gardens by
planting gardens containing red, white, and blue flowers
and plants.
Virginia Cooperative Extension has developed the
America's Anniversary Garden to help individuals,
communities, and groups mark America's 400th Anniversary
with a signature garden planting. Gloucester’s Parks,
Recreation, and Tourism Department has formed a 2007
Beautification Committee, composed of county
organizations, to plan and plant America’s Anniversary
Gardens. For more information contact Aida Whiting at
804-693-2355.
The Gloucester Master
Gardeners will be planting troughs that they made in the
fall with red, white, and blue flowers and placing the
troughs on the concrete abutments on the northbound side
of the toll booths at the Coleman Bridge. Look for
these flowers in late March.
America's Anniversary Garden
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