- April 25, 2024
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Katy Moss Warner, Tree Committee chair, talked to the students about the pink trumpet trees during the planting ceremony.
Class quotes were read by Maxey students Ximari Cleophat, Aniyah Singh, Ladarius Stephenson, Johniya Barber, Khloe Anderson and Sabrielle Levy.
Hugo stood by during the tree-planting program.
Students participated in the planting, fertilizing and watering of the pink trumpet trees.
Katy Moss Warner, Tree Committee chair, explained to Kenji Bui and Marshall Smith how the moisture meters worked.
Marshall Smith placed the moisture meter with the help of Bloom & Grow helper Rick Zepernick.
Kenji Bui made sure the moisture meter was placed in the proper location.
Assistant Principal Sarah Becker tied a ribbon on one of the two new pink trumpet trees planted on the Maxey campus.
Maxey Elementary students gathered around the two pink trumpet trees following the planting ceremony.
Bloom & Grow Garden Society members have planted 25 trees at 20 schools in West Orange County this year.
Members of the Bloom & Grow Garden Society returned to Maxey Elementary School Wednesday, May 24, to plant two more pink trumpet trees in its Plant it Pink program. Students participated in the ceremony, reading class quotes and learning how to properly plant, fertilize and water the trees.
The garden club has planted 25 trees at 20 schools in West Orange County this year and 53 total in 25 schools.
Each school plans its own tree-planting event. Students have named Maxey’s new trees Pinky Bloom and Blossom.
Katy Moss Warner, Tree Committee chair for the garden club, told students they can come back to their elementary school campus years in the future and see the trees they helped plant.
Maxey Elementary’s theme this school year was Blooming to Make an Impact.
Bloom & Grow’s tree program was started in 2022 with Duke Energy as a sponsor. The club’s hope is to cover Winter Garden with pink trumpets in the spring. More than 250 trees were given to Winter Garden residents in October, and trees also have been planted at Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital and at Health Central Park. The goal is to plant 1,000 pink trumpet trees in West Orange County.
