Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful and Villa Regina
Team Up to Bring the Joy of Gardening to Seniors
Gardens Brighten the Lives of Seniors
[West Palm Beach, FL] (April 28, 2014) – Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc. (KPBCB) has awarded a $1000 Great American Cleanup mini-grant to Villa Regina to install a butterfly garden using native plants that their senior residents can enjoy and maintain. Additional products and services to support the garden were also provided by Butterfly Plant Shop and Greenshades Lawn and Landscape Inc. – both in Palm Beach Gardens.
Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup is the country’s largest community improvement program that kicks off each spring and engages more than 4 million volunteers in more than 20,000 communities nationwide.
KPBCB, along with other organizations in Keep America Beautiful’s national network of community-based affiliates, have planned events structured to beautify parks, trails and recreation areas, clean shorelines and waterways, reduce waste and increase recycling, remove litter and debris, plant trees and build community gardens, among other events, to inspire generations of environmental stewards.
In awarding this grant, KPBCB understands the nurturing effect a garden can have and the improved physical and mental well-being that it can provide the senior residents of Villa Regina. In addition, installation of a butterfly garden using native plants can help provide a habitat for pollinators such as bees and butterflies that are so important to the environment.
A ribbon cutting for the garden will take place on Monday, April 28 at 11:00 a.m. at Villa Regina, 2660 Haverhill Road N, West Palm Beach.
About Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc.
Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc., established in 1988 is a 501(c)(3) volunteer-based non-profit organization which serves as the local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. The mission of Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County through programs and partnerships that encourage public agencies, private entities, residents and visitors to reduce litter and waste, increase recycling, beautify and maintain public spaces, and inspire generations of environmental stewards. www.keepPBCbeautiful.org
About Villa Regina
Villa Regina was established in 2008 by the Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach. In late 2009, SPM Property Management became the property management company for Villa Regina. The Diocese and SPM has a long history of providing safe and affordable senior housing. Villa Regina is a U.S. Department Housing Urban Development subsidized facility for senior living that provides apartments for seniors capable of taking care of themselves and their apartment.
About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is the nation’s leading nonprofit that brings people together to build and sustain vibrant communities. With a powerful national network of community-based affiliates and participating organizations, KAB works with millions of volunteers who take action in their communities. Through our programs and public-private partnerships, they engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community’s environment. For more information, visit www.kab.org