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Washington Park Community Garden

Laura Simon
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

People come together to create a new Neighborhood Connections community garden, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Washington Park in Cape Girardeau.

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    Bill Harris, left, and Neil Smith check to make sure the okra seeds had been planted in the new community garden in Washington Park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. The Neighborhood Connections garden has two rows each of deer resistant okra, yellow squash and cucumbers. Cub Scout Pack 18 is helping with the garden to "help them appreciate where food comes from," pack leader Margery Smith said. (Laura Simon)
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    From left, Master Gardener Robert Harris, Bill and Marian Green and Gerald Jones work in the new community garden in Washington Park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. The Neighborhood Connections garden has two rows each of deer resistant okra, yellow squash and cucumbers. Cub Scout Pack 18 is helping with the garden to "help them appreciate where food comes from," pack leader Margery Smith said. (Laura Simon)
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    Neil Smith plants yellow squash seeds at the new community garden in Washington Park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Cape GIrardeau. The garden has two rows each of deer resistant okra, yellow squash and cucumbers. (Laura Simon)
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    Master Gardener Robert Harris, right, and Cub Scout Pack 18 leader Margery Smith work in the new community garden in Washington Park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. The Neighborhood Connections garden has two rows each of deer resistant okra, yellow squash and cucumbers. Cub Scout Pack 18 is helping with the garden to "help them appreciate where food comes from," Smith said. (Laura Simon)
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    From left, Bill Green, Master Gardener Robert Harris, and Marian Green work in the new community garden in Washington Park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. The Neighborhood Connections garden has two rows each of deer resistant okra, yellow squash and cucumbers. Cub Scout Pack 18 is helping with the garden to "help them appreciate where food comes from," pack leader Margery Smith said. (Laura Simon)
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    From left, Joan Jones, Bill and Marian Green and Gerald Jones work in the new community garden in Washington Park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. The garden has two rows each of deer resistant okra, yellow squash and cucumbers. (Laura Simon)
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    Joan Jones removes a weed from the new community garden in Washington Park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. The garden has two rows each of deer resistant okra, yellow squash and cucumbers. (Laura Simon)