🌱 Gigantic Plant Sale + Volunteers Clean Pikes Peak National Cemetery

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First, today's weather:

Strong winds subsiding. High: 79 Low: 45.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Colorado Springs:

1. May is the perfect month to get outside and read a book! Luckily, there are many literary events happening in the area throughout the month that are great for you or your family. This includes the popular Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Lecture Series with an upcoming lecture on May 14. Please note that tickets are required. (Colorado Springs Gazette)
2. University of Colorado - Colorado Springs students headed up to Pikes Peak National Cemetery this weekend to help clean up the headstones. This is a semiannual occurrence and is done in preparation for Memorial Day weekend. The volunteers clean 3,000-plus headstones with soapy water (no hard chemicals). (FOX21News.com)
3. One of the best parts about spring is the plants! If you love plants, you should plan on stopping by the Horticultural Art Society's Cottage for their annual Gigantic Plant Sale. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 13 and May 20, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 14 and 21. (Colorado Springs Gazette)

Today in Colorado Springs:

• Virtual Yoga At Pikes Peak Library Virtual Events (9:00 AM)
• Vinyl Night At Colorado Springs Brewery Goat Patch Brewing Company (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• This week is the perfect time to take a ride or a hike on the newly renovated and much improved Pikes Peak Greenway Trail. The 1.25-mile trail improvement project – running north to the confluence of Cottonwood Creek along Monument Creek, near Pikes Peak Indian Motorcycle - is officially complete and open for public use! (Facebook)
• On Tuesday, May 17, Cerberus Brewery will have Colorado Spring's Wild Blue Cats as their charity of the week! Wild Blue Cats organizers will be there from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The brewery will donate $1 per pint to the Wild Blue Cats organization. (Facebook)

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— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.