Thousands of crocuses to be planted this week
Fifty thousand purple crocuses will be planted across Wolverhampton this week as part of the Rotary campaign to eradicate polio from the world.
The five Rotary clubs in Wolverhampton have each purchased 10,000 purple crocus corms to be planted during early November in green spaces throughout the city.
Members of the public are invited to come along to help local primary schools, Rotary and Wolverhampton City Council dig in the corms at venues between 10am and 12 noon throughout the week.
Sites at which the bulbs will be planted are: Tettenhall Upper Green, opposite the Post Office today (Mon), West Park - adjacent to the bandstand tomorrow (Tues), Bantock Park - by the Bull sculpture on Wednesday, next to the community centre in Wednesfield on Thursday and at the Bert Williams leisure centre in Bilston on Friday.
The purple crocus is the worldwide symbol of the mass immunisation programme whereby children have a purple stamp on their hand to show they have received protection against polio.
When the crocuses emerge every spring it will be a reminder of the part Wolverhampton has played in this project.
The sponsoring Rotary Clubs are Bilston and Wolverhampton West, Tettenhall, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, and Wolverhampton St. George’s.