- December 22, 2025
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Little flower pots sit and dry on a table during the Blooming for Mothers event in Ward Park.
Kyler Papkov, 3, gets a little help from his mom, Jiehong Liao, as they paint a small ceramic pot during Blooming for Mothers.
Jayden Brooks, 6, concentrates on his painting as his mother, Tawanza Hankerson, holds his pot still.
Small painted pots sit on the table as they dry during the Blooming Mothers event held in Ward Park.
Joseph Smirti, an employee with the City of Winter Park, showed kids how to plant their seeds in their little flower pots.
The Liao-Papkov family enjoyed their morning of painting flower pots for Mother's Day.
Covered in paint, Barbie Turner holds her son, Wyatt, 2, as he works on his very on ceramic pot.
After finishing painting their flower pots, children were given small seeds to plant.
City employee Joseph Smirti handed out small seeds for children to place into their hand-painted ceramic pots.
Maverick Maharaj, 1, gives a big grin and he enjoys toting around his little ceramic pot during the morning’s festivities.
Monae Maharaj, 7, concentrates as she pants her little flower pot.
Madonna Maharang, 5, smiles as she places little stickers on her ceramic pot as she and her family enjoy a fun morning.
Sunday might be Mother’s Day, but local kids in Winter Park got an early start at the Blooming for Mothers family even at Ward Park on Saturday, May 12.
Despite the bad weather that moved through, the morning went on as planned as children of all ages — with the help of their parents — painted small flower pots with colorful designs, before filling them with soil and tiny seeds.
The event was put on by the City’s Parks and Recreation Department, as part of their new citywide re-visioning to get local families out to local parks.
