Sun City celebrates Earth Day, Highlights benefits of recycling, native plants, conservation

  • Nancy Adair holds a Lyre Leaf Skullcap plant she received from the Sun City Plant Club during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration event held at The Retreat in Sun City on Monday, April 22. The event was hosted by Sun City Texas Recycles. The first Earth Day was on this date in 1970. PhotoS by Andy Sharp
    Nancy Adair holds a Lyre Leaf Skullcap plant she received from the Sun City Plant Club during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration event held at The Retreat in Sun City on Monday, April 22. The event was hosted by Sun City Texas Recycles. The first Earth Day was on this date in 1970. PhotoS by Andy Sharp
  • Therese Verdonk (there are accents over the first two e's in her first name) holds up one of the screech owl boxes given away as door prizes during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration event held at The Retreat in Sun City on Monday, April 22.
    Therese Verdonk (there are accents over the first two e's in her first name) holds up one of the screech owl boxes given away as door prizes during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration event held at The Retreat in Sun City on Monday, April 22.
  • Joe Harlukowicz, left, with Sun City Recycles, visits with Sue Gavron about recycling plastic items during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration event held at The Retreat in Sun City.
    Joe Harlukowicz, left, with Sun City Recycles, visits with Sue Gavron about recycling plastic items during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration event held at The Retreat in Sun City.
  • All Things Wild Rehabilitation helper Roger Rucker holds Murphy, a blind opossum cared for by the group, during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration. Since Murphy is blind, she is an ambassador, taken care of for life rather than being returned to the wild.
    All Things Wild Rehabilitation helper Roger Rucker holds Murphy, a blind opossum cared for by the group, during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration. Since Murphy is blind, she is an ambassador, taken care of for life rather than being returned to the wild.
  • Barbara Schutz, with the Sun City Plant Club, arranges plants being given away to attendees during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration.
    Barbara Schutz, with the Sun City Plant Club, arranges plants being given away to attendees during Sun City's Earth Day Celebration.
Earth Day was Monday, April 22, and the Sun City Recycles Club hosted an event to educate the community about being green and how to better take care of the planet. Booths were set up at The Retreat in Sun City, which provided information about native Texas plants, alternatives to one-use plastics, how to prevent water leaks, lawn maintenance and irrigation needs in the summer, and how to work…

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