A big “thank you” to all who helped and supported the planting of Library Park in preparation for Spring. Despite the cold, volunteers came out over the course of several days before and after the Thanksgiving holiday to plant nearly 1,000 daffodil bulbs and 100 hosta bulbs!

Our volunteers included Tracey Bolotnick, Barbara Faires, Kelley Connors, Barbara Sommerfeld, Derek Lessing and his wife Kathy, Chris Fagg, Yvette Jarreau and Hermine Muskat (who took photos). 

This year FOSEL chose a variety of daffodils, which are expected to return annually from early to late spring.  We also experimented with planting two types of hosta – some edged with green and others with white.

The new tradition of planting thousands of Spring bulbs in Library Park began in the fall of 2018, when FOSEL learned that City funding for the Park’s re-design would exclude plantings.

Rather than leave the Park’s with nothing to for the makeover but a thin layer of brown mulch where plants used to be, FOSEL brought in the first load of 3,000 bulbs that fall and watched them bloom profusely in the spring of 2019. During that 2019 summer, with the help of South End State Reps., Jon Santiago and Aaron Michlewitz, FOSEL secured $25,000 for soil improvement, perennials, an irrigation system and new low-level interior fencing as well as exterior fence repair.

With the current planting, FOSEL is looking forward to another season of delighting all passers by in the Spring of 2022!