Effort Underway to Create 10-Mile Stretch of Red Poppies Between Round Rock and Georgetown, Texas

Georgetown's Century 21 Office is arch a drive to bulb ten afar of red poppies amid Round Rock and Georgetown, Texas.

Georgetown, TX -- The Texas assembly has appointed Georgetown as the "Red Poppy Capital of Texas." Every April, the city-limits hosts the Red Poppy Festival with a parade, car show, arts & crafts booths on the celebrated square, abide music, and added events. Now a bounded aggregation is alive to actualize a ten-mile aisle of the active red poppies on Interstate 35 amid Round Rock and Georgetown.

Sheila Evans and the added agents at Century 21 HSK in Georgetown accept so far accumulated 40 pounds of poppy seeds of the 540 pounds bare to awning 270 acreage of median. "My brokers capital to do something to accord aback to Georgetown in a big way," Evans said. "We alarm it 'Painting Georgetown Red.' Everyone we've talked to has been absolutely agog about the idea. We're aggravating to body acquaintance and allurement association in boondocks to accord what they can to advice us buy the seeds. We'll bulb in the abatement if it's cool, and hopefully we'll accept a abundant appearance of blush in the bounce of 2010." One batter of seeds can be purchased with a $25 contribution.

The red poppy was alien to Georgetown if a soldier beatific the seeds home to his mother from France. She buried the flowers in her yard, and birds advance the blush about Old Town, Georgetown's celebrated district. These days, association accept to be active in their efforts to abound and breeding the flower, as its advance was apoplectic by today's addiction of mowing lawns rather than abrogation them in their accustomed state.

"Texas has agreed not to mow that amplitude of I-35 next spring," Evans added. "That will accord the flowers a adventitious to grow. It's traveling to be absolutely beautiful."

For added advice on the efforts to bulb a ten-mile aisle of red poppies amid Georgetown and Round Rock, acquaintance REALTOR Sheila Evans at 512-876-5216 or sheilaevansrealtor (at) gmail (dot) com or appointment www.sheilaerealty.com and bang on Poppy Endeavor.

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