In 1974, Jean MacAusland enlisted the help of Dave Champoux to plant daffodils up and down the Milestone Road from Monomoy to Sconset.  But has anyone noticed that the daffy’s are multiplying in front of the Nantucket Conservation land in Tom Nevers that we so fondly call “the Serengetti”?

Here is a little known fact…three years ago the fund-raising committee for Hospice Care of Nantucket, now known as Palliative and Supportive Care of Nantucket found a way to fundraise and give back to the community in a unique way.

At their annual fundraiser they asked for donations of $250 and in turn, several Nantucket landscaping companies agreed to donate daffodil bulbs and their labor to plant them- a fundraising win, win!!  The concept was to enhance the daffodils each year along the Milestone Road on the way to Sconset in honor of all the hospice volunteers and staff, the caregivers currently working round-the-clock to care for patients and all the patients who benefit every day of the year from the supportive care that Hospice makes available here on Nantucket.  The idea blossomed and soon the students from the New School joined the planting cause as part of their community service commitment.

Now some thirty years later, Dave Champoux of Champoux Landscaping is at it again and has organized the 2009 planting of Daffodils which will take place on November 21st.  Since 2007, more than 20,000 bulbs have been added and the display in the spring is quite spectacular.

For more information on how you can support this effort, please contact director, Charlene Thurston at Palliative and Supportive Care of Nantucket 508-825-8325 or come and join their “Nantucket Dreamcatcher” fundraising dinner in June at Galley Beach.

Find updated details for the Dreamcatcher dinner and auction here.

To find a Nantucket rental near this daffodil-covered drive, simply use our Rental Search Tool and check the box next to the ‘Sconset area’ to see what’s available!