Clean Up Day in Darlington
(From left) Brenton Dana, Cathy Bailey, Mayor Gloria Hines, Linda Beckham, master gardener Robert Staklinski, Elaine Reed, Ronda Brown, and Charles Bailey were part of the work crew focused on cleaning up and planting in Wells Park on South Main Street.
Photo by Samantha Lyles
Volunteer crews fanned out around the city on a cool Saturday morning for the April 16 “Clean Up Day in Darlington.” Activities included litter collection, planting new flowers and shrubs, mulching and pine straw bedding in sites like Liberty Lane, Williamson Park, and Wells Park.
Finley Howle, age 2 and a half, pitched in and helped his parents move mulch at Wells Park
Photo by Samantha Lyles
Organized and sponsored by The Kalmia Garden Study Club and the City of Darlington and funded in part by a grant from Palmetto Pride, the clean up crews used supplies and received promotional help from local vendors like Darlington Seed and Feed, Palmetto Hardware, Carolina Hardware, Main Street Jewelers, and Sweet Jane’s Cafe and Wine Bar.
Myra Bumgarner (left) and Laura Burns worked on planting beds around the Public Square, replacing pine straw and neatening up shrubberies
Photo by Samantha Lyles