New York is about to get a burst of yellow. Next month marks the return of the Daffodil Project , the city’s largest volunteer initiative and a living memorial to the victims of 9/11. Launched in 2001, the project has transformed into a citywide ritual of resilience, with more than half a million New Yorkers planting over 10 million bulbs in parks, schoolyards and sidewalk plots over the past two decades.

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This fall, the tradition continues with weekend events across all five boroughs, starting right after Labor Day . Volunteers who register will head home with free daffodil bulbs and locally sourced pollinator seeds—think asters, monkeyflower and goldenrod—provided in partnership

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