Sims: Grateful for Mountain Valley Developmental Services support

Many thanks to the generous members of our community who supported Mountain Valley Developmental Services at our Greenhouse Open House and Picnic on May 17.

We had the best first day of Mountain Valley Greenhouse sales since we began in 1984 as a year-round commercial greenhouse selling annual and perennial bedding plants, house plants, herbs, and vegetables to retail and business customers. It was great fun, too, to have many of our intellectually- and developmentally-disabled participants at the sale and picnic.

Because of our adult job training program, the greenhouse staff are also participants who engage in meaningful work in a nurturing environment while earning a respectable wage. The plants our supporters hold in their hands today literally germinated from a seed to a hardy plant thanks to the skill and loving care provided by our MVDS employees and volunteers. Now they will flourish in your summer gardens!

We are open for business 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday at 700 Mt. Sopris Drive in Glenwood Springs.

Sara Sims

Glenwood Springs