The Vernal Main Street flower planting project began with the Community Development Committee of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce in 1986. Sidewalk planters were purchased by the Chamber and by local Main Street Businesses. The Chamber coordinated with a local nursery to provide a pre-selected assortment of flowers. The Chamber purchased the flowers, Chamber volunteers planted the flowers and the businesses that had the planters were invoiced and did watering and fertilizing of the plants.

Following the first year, Vernal City agreed to have their Public Works Department take care of the watering and fertilizing of the plants and continue to do so today.

Each year more businesses have become interested in having planters by their facilities. Vernal City is now the owner of the planters on Main Street and have placed them at regular intervals from 500 East to 500 West. Vernal City replaces those planters that are damaged and purchases all of the flowers for the planters and maintains.