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Washington welcome sign must wait until spring for delayed replanting

Virus lockdown prevents annual housekeeping events

By Anthony Macuk, Columbian business reporter
Published: June 15, 2021, 6:05am
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For the second year in a row, the "Welcome to Washington" display along Interstate 5 has not been replanted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The garden is normally replanted with flowers each spring by volunteers from the Washington State University Extension Master Gardener program.
For the second year in a row, the "Welcome to Washington" display along Interstate 5 has not been replanted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The garden is normally replanted with flowers each spring by volunteers from the Washington State University Extension Master Gardener program. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

The “Welcome to Washington” display along Interstate 5 in Vancouver became an indirect pandemic casualty last summer, and the Evergreen State-shaped flower bed is going to have to wait another year before it can return to its former glory.

The flower bed is normally replanted each spring by volunteers from Washington State University Extension’s Master Gardener program, but the initial COVID-19 lockdown prevented

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