Focus on the Crocus
What was Focus on the Crocus all about? Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) worked with The Eden Project, the International Flower Bulb Centre (IBC), the National Trust and Learning through Landscapes to plant purple crocus bulbs from the beginning of October so they would be in flower for Rotary Day – 23rd February 2011. These Purple Flowers represent the colour of ink dabbed on a child’s little finger to indicate they have been immunised against polio.
Rotary clubs across RIBI contacted their local schools, residential homes, local councils and other community organisations to ask them to identify suitable sites which were then planted with swathes of purple crocus bulbs – as a reminder of the essential need to continue the fight to eradicate polio from our world.
Below are just a few photos showing pupils from Amwell View School planting bulbs at Mudlarks Community Gardening Project in Hertford and Amwell Rotarians planting bulbs in Ware .
