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MILWAUKEE -- It was a beautiful day Thursday, May 24th for some flower planting on the Summerfest grounds! Over 1,000 volunteers took time out of their day to assist with Summerfest's "Annual Planting Day."
There was plenty of dirt and shoveling, with a dash of color on the grounds of Summerfest.
"First you have to dig a hole, then you have to smooth the flower so the roots will grow, and then you put it in, and you pat it to make sure it stands up straight," fifth-grader Xavier Golden said.
During Summerfest's annual planting day, students from 65 schools showed up to help plant nearly 50,000 flowers in 63 varieties.
"As part of Summerfest and being involved in the community, we love to involve all of the kids that are around in schools, and volunteers. We just want everyone to come down and help us get ready for the fest," Summerfest Marketing Coordinator Jess Meiller said.
Students and volunteers worked hard under the hot sun to get the job done.
"It's important to make sure you don't like break (the flowers) when you take them out of the case, and then you just want to be very careful with the flowers," fifth-grader Lizzy Ament said.
"From what I've seen, it's very pretty, and people have put in a lot of work to make it a special place for people to come to," fifth-grader Braydon Mizlo said.
All of the effort put in by the students was rewarded.
"All of the kids get admission tickets so they can bring their family down and see their work and what they've done, and enjoy some great music and great events," Meiller said.
Each flower bed at Summerfest will display a placard highlighting which school group planted the flowers.
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