A long line of patients, visitors and hospital staff waited patiently in the lobby of Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital on a weekday morning in late August.
Those at the front of the line stood shoulder to shoulder, hunched over a long table covered with cuttings and blooms, sharing ideas and clippers as they created colorful floral arrangements at the Flower Cart.
The Flower Cart is a pop-up community service project organized by the Junior Ladies Garden Club (JLGC) of Athens.
“I thought this was so sweet because when I first saw it, I thought they were selling flowers, but they’re giving them away,”
said Linda Thomas, a patient care tech at the hospital, who visited the Flower Cart with a colleague to brighten up a tough day.
Author's summary: Flower Cart brings joy to hospital patients.