[GreenKeys] 2002 Floral Flag

Fri, 5 Jul 2002 09:44:40 -0700

Off subject again...

The 2002 Bodger Floral Flag

As a patriotic gesture after the tragedy of September 11, 2001, 
Bodger Seeds has again planted a Floral Flag in Lompoc, California. 
It has been 50 years since they have planted such a flag.
There have been four Floral Flags planted by Bodger Seeds in Lompoc 
during the last century: 1942, 1943, 1945, 1952. All of the flags 
were comprised of Red, White and Blue Larkspur flowers.
Some of the flags were planted in a background of White Larkspur.

The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet wide and 390 feet high and maintains 
the proper Flag dimensions as described in Executive Order #10834. 
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted 
with 5 pointed Stars comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 
feet in diameter; Each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated 
to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants with 4-5 flower stems 
each for a total of more than 2 million flowers. You can drive by 
this flag on V Street south of Ocean Ave. in Lompoc, California.

Here is a link to the latest photo I could find taken on June 27, 2002

http://www.bodger.com/image15.html

God Bless America
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Don Robert House
URL: http://www.nadcomm.org
email: [email protected]
email: [email protected]
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