FREE DAFFODIL BULBS IN THE FALL

500,000 Free Daffodil Bulbs for New Yorkers to Plant Around 5-Year Anniversary of 9/11

New Yorkers for Parks (NY4P) will be in Manhattan’s Bryant Park
Tuesday, July 25, registering New Yorkers for free daffodil bulbs to
plant in the fall. The bulbs—to be distributed in September and
October—are free to anyone who commits to planting them in a park or
public space in any of New York City’s five boroughs. The first 100
people to register will receive a free NY4P limited edition frisbee.

Originally created to commemorate September 11, The Daffodil Project is
now the largest volunteer planting effort in the city, led by NY4P in
cooperation with the Department of Parks and Recreation. Because of the
more than 20,000 volunteers who have planted bulbs every fall since
2001, nearly three million yellow daffodils bloomed throughout New York
City parks and open spaces in the spring of 2006. NY4P’s goal is to
plant a continual ribbon of bright yellow daffodils throughout the five
boroughs.

WHO: New Yorkers for Parks

WHAT: Daffodil Bulb Registration as Part of The Daffodil Project

WHEN: Tuesday, July 25, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

WHERE: Bryant Park, 41st Street and Avenue of the Americas, South Side of the Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain

CONTACT: Emily Farris, Communications Associate, 212/838-9420, ext. 305 or 917/548-8472 or efarris@ny4p.org