Flower baskets available as Valentine's Day gifts

Surprise your Valentine with a basket of flowers that lasts all summer.

The Main Street Gardnerville program offers sponsorships of public flower baskets for Valentine's Day as an alternative to traditional bouquets or chocolates.

Flowering baskets hung from lamp posts are part of the beautification of downtown Gardnerville and support horticultural programs at Douglas High School and China Spring.

Main Street Gardnerville hopes to increase the number of baskets along Highway 395 through the sponsorship program.

Donation cost is $75 per basket. Gardnerville officials plan to hang the fully flowering baskets in early June to be enjoyed throughout the growing season.

Valentines can admire the flowers all summer and won't need to water them.

Participants receive a card with a photo of one of the flower baskets.

Donations can also be made for birthdays and anniversaries.

To sponsor a basket, call the Gardnerville Town Office at 782-7134.

The Main Street Gardnerville program is affiliated with the National Main Street Program for historical preservation. Information at mainstreetgardnerville.org