Miracle-Gro’s 2018 Rose Parade® Float Showcases the Joys Found Outside in Your Own Backyard
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Designed and built once again by Fiesta Parade Floats, as well as more than 12 floral designers, this year’s float showcases an abundance of colorful floral displays, including 150 different botanical materials from six continents, a rare occurrence in the Rose Parade. Approximately 550 volunteers will spend 4,400 hours during decoration week to place more than 27,000 roses on the float. Larger than life sculpted flowers reaching heights of 24 feet will majestically “grow” overhead the float riders.
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Meet the 2018 Float Riders
Joining celebrity DIY expert Ty Pennington for his fourth year on the Miracle-Gro float are six extraordinary individuals who’ve made a lasting impact in their local community.
- Olin Snakenborg of Torrance, CA was one of 650,000 participants nationwide who competed in the Scotts MLB Pitch Hit & Run program, earning a trip to the 2017 National Finals at the MLB All-Star Week in Miami, FL. Scotts MLB Pitch Hit & Run is the
Official Youth Skills Competition of Major League Baseball, and 2018 will mark the sixth year of Scotts’ sponsorship of the MLB Pitch Hit & Run program.
- Tyler & Ryker Cruze, a father and son duo from Seattle, WA, were introduced to Scotts Miracle-Gro when Tyler, president of the
North Snohomish Little League , applied for the Scotts® Field Refurbishment Program – a joint initiative between Scotts and theMajor League Baseball (MLB) Association to give back to kids and communities around the country by renovating youth baseball and softball fields. Scotts and MLB worked to transform one of the 90-foot baseball diamonds at theNorth Snohomish Little League facility into a multiuse field for multiple base paths, providing the league with the ability to host multiple levels of baseball and softball at the field.
- Shirly Barrett of Pasadena, CA has dedicated her work at the
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) to help with water conservation efforts. In addition to converting conventional irrigation and landscaping to low volume, point source irrigation and water wise landscaping, including edible landscapes, she has designed over 12 school gardens on PUSD grounds, saving several millions of gallons of water and reducing maintenance costs by thousands of dollars, over the past 18 years.
- Emmanuel “Manny” Garcia of Pasadena, CA, started working at
Muir Ranch , a 3.5-acre biodynamic urban teaching farm on theJohn Muir High School campus in Pasadena, following graduation fromJohn Muir High School in 2013. Over the past four years, Manny has mentored and taught high school students how to grow their own food and grow and arrange flowers, while helping lead the expansion ofMuir Ranch from a 1-acre to a 3-acre production farm all while partnering with Miracle-Gro.
- Mary Kimball from West Sacramento, CA is the Executive Director of Land-Based Learning, a program dedicated to inspiring, educating, and cultivating future generations of farmers, agricultural leaders and natural resource stewards. Through Kimball’s 19 years of leadership, the
Land-Based Learning Center has grown to offer five different programs that serve more than 25 California counties. Kimball also started theCalifornia Farm Academy , the only beginning farmer training, business incubator, and apprenticeship program of its kind in Northern California.
“Through their dedication and hard work, these individuals are making a difference by empowering their communities to take an active interest in getting outside and finding inspiration and beauty in the world around them,” said Sutterer. “Whether it is a public park, an urban community farm, or other shared green space, these areas are an increasingly important part of the fabric of our urbanized societies, and we’re committed to promoting and helping to sustain these spaces for future generations.”
Rose Parade® Awards
All of Miracle-Gro’s past Rose Parade entries have received awards, including the Queen’s Trophy for most effective use and display of roses in concept, design and presentation (2017 & 2014); Governor’s Trophy for best depiction of life in California (2016); Isabella Coleman Trophy for best use of color in flowers (2015); and Crown City Innovation Trophy for best use of imagination and innovation to advance float design (2013).
For more information about this year’s float visit www.miraclegro.com/roseparade. Join our Rose Parade conversation on social media, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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About the Pasadena Tournament of Roses®
The Tournament of Roses is a volunteer organization that hosts America’s New Year Celebration® with the Rose Parade® presented by Honda, the Rose Bowl Game® presented by Northwestern Mutual and a variety of accompanying events. 935 volunteer members of the association will drive the success of the 129th Rose Parade themed “Making A Difference,” on
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