Tulips on Troost

Many thanks to all of you who supported our recent plant sale at Center High School. Because of you, the CHS Poetry Club Write Now will be able to host many more Poetry Slams next year. And that's good because poems are important!

We are also grateful to the George Harrison Memorial Foundation who donated the gazillions of seeds, flats and Pro-Mix to our CHS Greenhouse Project this year making us now ready to blanket Troost Avenue (and its surrounding neighborhoods) with this spectacular native flower.

And, we appreciated the help from Rockhurst University students and Ms. Evans class too which helped us plant and transplant over 100,000 seedlings now looking for good homes.

Just please plant them kind of close to Troost Avenue...like within the city limits if you know what we mean and that includes the Westside Beautification team, the Troost Folks, our friends on Benton Boulevard and ALL the rest of you hopeful souls in between.

Call or email to schedule your plant pick-up:
(816) 812-8530
durwinrice@durwinrice.com

We've also got Purple Coneflowers, Shasta Daisies, Marigolds, Zinnias
and delicious Roma Tomatoes!

PEACE

Write Now is having a plant sale this Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 9am to 2pm at Center High School (8715 Holmes).

All of the plants for the sale have been GROWN FROM SEED in the greenhouse at Center High School with the help of TOT volunteers from Rockhurst University and Ms. Evans CHS class. Proceeds from the sale will provide funds for the Write Now Poetry Team to compete in Chicago at the International Brave New Voices Teen Poetry Slam AND will support Ms Evans' class greenhouse studies AND will further the planting of native species on Troost Avenue.

PLEASE HELP US PROMOTE THIS EVENT by re-posting where you can. We also have flyer artwork that you can request via email: durwinrice@durwinrice.com

Thanks for your support!

Contact: Durwin Rice (816) 812-8530

TOT's Imagine Peace Tree in action on Earth Day 2009 at Sprint in Overland Park, KS. It's a Japanese Clethra that's still looking for the perfect home on Troost Avenue! Does anybody know of a great spot for this tree? Thanks to the Center High School poets who invited us to join them on Earth Day at Sprint!