Westcott Neighborhood Bulb Project

Syracuse City Residents Only – Advance Orders for 2013

Interested in beautifying your front yard, block or neighborhood! The Westcott Neighborhood Bulb Project is accepting orders for 2013. Contact no later than July 15 as advance orders have to be placed for bulbs to arrive in Sept. for fall planting. For details on ordering daffodils or tulips, varieties and pricing send an e-mail to pwirth2@verizon.net with your phone number or call 637-0331. Visit our History Page to see what individuals and organizations have done to beautify our city.

Since the Westcott Neighborhood Bulb Project started in 2003, approximately 110,000  spring blooming bulbs (daffodils, crocuses, tulips etc.) have been planted by neighborhood volunteers and residents.

The concept is simple – Individuals and community groups volunteer to plant bulbs in  spaces such as schools, median strips, libraries,  front lawns etc.

Bulb Giveaway and Garden Extravaganza – Saturday, October 5, 2013 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Westcott Community Center. (For Westcott neighborhood residents only) 

Individuals who are willing to plant bulbs in front of their houses where all can enjoy the blooms, pick up packets (18) of free bulbs in the fall. Last year 300 people from the Westcott  neighborhood participated.

In 2010 we expanded the project city wide.  Outside the Westcott neighborhood we sell bulbs in bags of 100 to individuals and community organizations.   Each community organization decides what will be done in their neighborhood.  See our History page to learn  what the different neighborhood organizations accomplished.

View our 3 minute video on the neighborhood by Mark Rupert or his google earth photos of the bulb project in action in the neighborhood.

For children our two librarians on the WNBP  put together a list of ten garden related books.