Dear Garden Club Supporters, We trust that you've had a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing you later in the year.

We certainly have been busy in PV. Using your generous donations, we've constructed more than 200 new planter boxes - the largest number of boxes ever built in a single year. And it has proven to be quite the project. New planters were placed on the streets with the highest amount of pedestrian traffic, including Basillo Badillo, Insurgentes, Avenida Mexico, Ignacio Vallarta and Francisco I Madero. We also built a large number of planter boxes near Lazaro Cardenas Park.

The new planters are still in the process of being filled with good soil and plants, and where needed, new trees, palms and bouganvillea. We hope to be finished with the project later this month. Once completed, the new planters will become such a beautiful addition to our beloved city. And that is the goal of our group - to beautify Puerto Vallarta. We can't wait for you to see all of the progress we've made.

We want to make a special acknowledgement of the enormous contribution of Matthias Vogt to this project. While everyone was away for the summer, Matthias has single handedly overseen all of the permitting, the construction of the planters, all coordination with the City, managing the unexpected bumps along the way (we had a few) and the filling of the new planters with soil (truckloads) and plantings. It was an enormous effort on his part and we all owe Matthias a huge round of applause for his invaluable work on our behalf. We simply could not have pulled off an undertaking of this scale without him. Thanks Matthias - you are such a wonderful asset to our community!

Given all of the expenses we've paid this summer, we're open to receiving any donation you would like to make at this time. Please call Matthias at +52 322-222-4019 and give him your credit/debit card details and he will be more than happy to process your gift.

We look forward to an amazing season this winter. In November, the Garden Club will host our first Membership Renewal party. Look for details on this event in our next newsletter. Until then, be well and we will see you very soon.