PINEDALE — On Saturday, May 17,  about 40 members of the Sage and Snow Garden Club planted petunias in the flower barrels that line the streets of Pinedale in the summer. This year’s pretty petunias are purple, yellow and pink.

The flowers will grow in the large hoop houses south of town for about four weeks and will be placed around Pinedale in mid-June. The flowers will be watered and cared for throughout the summer by the Helm family. 
After planting flowers, hungry volunteers lined up to enjoy sloppy joes and all the trimmings for lunch. The Sage and Snow Garden Club has planted flower barrels for Pinedale’s downtown for more than 40 years. The project has evolved from about 20 flower barrels on the wooden sidewalks in the 1980s to 260 barrels today.