Garden club members David and Sharon Osten, left, David Caldwell, Linda Karp, Marcia Hart, Rico Marcelli, Gloria Blecha and Barry Hart at East Bay Hospice prepare to deliver Valentine’s Day plants.
Clayton Valley Garden Club delivers Valentine joy
Blossoms for Barbara is a favorite community event organized by the Clayton Valley Garden Club.
For Valentine’s Day, the club presents decoratively wrapped flowering plants to those in hospice care, patients in assisted living and convalescent locations, battered women’s shelters and recipients of Meals on Wheels.
Linda Karp named for the event for her deceased mother, Barbara. “It’s to send a little love and compassion to those who are going through such a difficult time during Valentine’s,” Karp said.
Thanks to continued support from the Clayton Business and Community Association and local businesses, Blossoms for Barbara has grown from 250 recipients in 2012 to more than 1,300.
The program touches the hearts of patients, family members, caregivers, nurses, counselors and the volunteers. The event means so much to so many, as evidenced by the thank you cards and letters that the club receives after deliveries each year, Karp noted.
