There will be a beautiful display of daffodils this spring on the hillside of the Fire Station and at the entrances to Levis Hill House as you drive west out of town. Over 1200 bulbs will bloom from early to late in the season, so if you don't catch a glance in March, they will continue for another 5-6 weeks. The Middleburg Garden Club decided to continue an effort that began in the fall of 2019 as "The Great Daffodil Giveaway" with its community funds. Melanie Blunt was President of MGC when members voted to fund the project in the spring of 2019. Ms. Blunt said that it just seemed like a good idea when a member, Darcy Justen, came up with the idea. She said, "The board supported our long-standing tradition of community involvement." In October 2019, members gave out free bags of 50 bulbs to people who could plant them along the town's streets for everyone to see. There was a focus, too, on churches and public spaces around the town entrance and at the Pink Box information center. One of the highlights was a grouping of daffodils around the fox statue in front of the Community Center. Were it not for the Foxes on the Fence project in 2017 and 2019, and the club could not have donated to the statue and the bulbs. "Our board this year decided with COVID that it would be best to choose a larger space and go big," said Susanne Lamb, the club's current President. After checking with the fire station and Levis Hill, a team of 3 women and Desiree Lee planted the bulbs at the end of October. "Claire Louis, Resident Services Manager, and Gwendolyn Morugu, Director of Levis Hill resident services, were thrilled when we asked them about planting," said Linda Platt, community relations chair of the club. "The new Battalion Chief, Facilities, at the fire station, Joshua Cooper, knows that the bulbs need to not be cut down by the mowers on the hill until at least a month after they bloom," she said. Next year, she added, maybe the last of the daffodil project, but its beauty will live on for a long time to come.