2007 was the sixth year for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s Daffodils!, program, an initiative to plant  thousands
 of daffodil bulbs in prominent locations such as gateways, major thoroughfares and greenways.

With the help of our sponsors and volunteers,  KIB has planted over 138,000 bulbs in Indianapolis! 

Daffodils Planting Sites

(Left) Cindy Taylor of National Bank of Indianapolis and Phil Schaefer of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. plant the program’s 100,000^th  daffodil bulb on I-465, north of 86th Street.

In 2007, we planted more than 28,000 bulbs.  Our large planting was another record, over 23,000 bulbs planted in only 2 ½ hours at exit 103 on I-65, Southport Road, in front of the northbound on-ramp in front of Home Depot.

Our small planting was 2,500 bulbs at exit 107 on I-65, in front of the new Calvary School.

Media Alert 4-02-07

In 2006, KIB volunteers and partners, such as long-term partner Firestone, planted 30,000 daffodil bulbs!  18,000 of those bulbs were planted along I-465 just north of 86^th Street on the Northwest side of Indy.  4,600 bulbs were planted in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood at the South split of I-65 and I-70, and 1, 280 bulbs were planted in the Ashland Park.

For 2006, we would also like to thank Rowland Design for being our largest contributor to the daffodil program for the second year in a row.

In 2005, 20,000 bulbs were added to KIB’s gateway planting along the 7100-7500 blocks of Binford Boulevard.  Corporate volunteers from the CPA Society, Firestone, and Habitat for Humanity added 4,800 bulbs to KIB’s 2004 gateway planting on Kentucky Avenue between Hanna and Lynhurst Roads.

In 2004, over 120 volunteers planted 15,000 yellow daffodil bulbs in two large swaths in the center of the south split of the I-65/I-70 downtown connector. In addition, we planted 5,000 yellow daffodil bulbs in the 23 planting beds the length of the Massachusetts Avenue Arts District.

In addition to these large plantings, each year KIB provides daffodil bulbs to downtown neighborhood groups such as Fall Creek Place, Indy Greenways, Indianapolis Public Schools, and many of our Adopt-a-Median partners.

Now and in the future, we will be greeted by thousands of daffodils each spring, thanks to the hard work and dedication of our many volunteers and partners.