Each year, members of the Country Garden Club purchase and plant flowers for Hospice of Northwest Ohio, as a way to show appreciation for staff, patients and the circle of life.

Members planted the flowers May 19. The first group worked from 10 a.m. to noon and the second, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Some of the curtains and blinds were open so patients and staff could watch the gardeners.

“We’ve done this for …