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POLIO Plympton & Plymouth Mayflower
WORLD POLIO DAY
24 October 2017
Here is a selection of the stories that clubs
have sent in about planting crocus corms to
celebrate World Polio Day.....
Torquay
The Rotary Club of Torquay planted over 4000
crocus corms at Torquay Academy.
Preston Plympton Rotarians joined together with
Plymouth Mayflower Rotarians and their
Members of the Rotary Club of Preston, along Plymouth Albion Ladies sponsored player, Rachel
with a team of gardeners and volunteers from the Miller (see story on page 16) in the planting of
National Trust and a class from Galmpton Primary 10,000 crocus corms at Plymouth University.
School, planted 5000 crocus corms in in the These will supplement the 20,000 planted last
garden of the famous Greenway house, holiday year by the two clubs (and the clubs of
home of Agatha Christie Roborough and Saltram)and should see the
grass bank at North Cross roundabout become a
sea of purple next February.
Dawlish Water
On World Polio Day members of the Rotary Clubs
of Dawlish Water and Dawlish, plus several
volunteers, were out planting 5000 crocus corms
on Tuck’s plot in Dawlish. Some members have
been pondering what happened to the corms
planted in the same place last year
