An enjoyable 3 days encouraging the children to take part in the very popular 'How's Your Sense of Smell' quiz! who were thrilled to receive one of the 100 'Grow Your Own' kits. Engaging conversation with adults on the role of the BBS (gained several new BBS members), the BGSC and the Audubon Society. Many thanks to the numerous volunteers who made this possible.

There are some mornings that remind us why we come together—and our recent Rose Garden Cleanup at The Botanist Café was exactly that kind of day.

From the moment volunteers arrived, the Rose Garden buzzed with positive energy. Friends greeted one another, new connections were made, and before long, gloves were on and tools were in hand. With teamwork at the heart of it all, the garden quickly transformed as weeds were cleared, beds were refreshed, and the roses were lovingly tended by many willing hands.

It is with deep regret that I write to advise on the passing of former BGSC member Rev. Don Moore which was just announced in Wednesday's Royal Gazette (1-Apr-26). Don Moore was a Royal Botanic Garden Kew trained horticulturalist who came to the  Bermuda Agricultural Station in the mid 1950s and was involved in the re-afforestation of the island in the aftermath of the Bermuda Cedar Scale Epidemic. He was a contemporary of the late horticulturalist J. Hubert Jones and together their horticultural work helped re-green the island, which saved visual quality for Bermuda's Tourism industry at a time when our Agricultural sector had collapsed.