The City of New Westminster has been helping make the city more beautiful for 25 years.
Each spring, the city’s parks and recreation department holds classes where community members can make hanging baskets like those adorning city streets. Claude LeDoux, the city’s horticulture manager, leads the classes attended by hundreds of people – including some who’ve attended annually since the first class 25 years ago.
In 2018, the city offered 21 hanging basket making classes, including one in the Queen’s Park Arena that was attended by 120 people who made 220 baskets. All totalled, 520 people took part in this year’s classes and made 700 baskets, with each 18-inch basket featuring 23 plants.
