The Central Business Improvement District has contracted with Verstandig's Greenhouse in Selkirk to assemble the flower baskets that will decorate the Avenue's lightpoles again this year--and now the grow is on!
The flowers have been started already in smaller pots, then they will be transferred to larger pots, and finally to the 16-inch organic fiber pots, said Doug Dalton. They will be hung from the light poles just before Memorial Day, he said.
The baskets will be comprised of cascading geraniums, which grow beautifully, flower often, and do not require dead-heading or the removal of dead blooms. "They blow off in the wind, and more are right behind them," Dalton said.
Verstandig's, which has been a family business in Bethlehem since 1932, takes projects like these on a bid-basis. In the past, the greenhouse and florist has won contracts with the City of Albany, the Downtown BID and also Troy. The wholesale greenhouse supplies smaller greenhouses across the region with bedding plants.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment