tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30556035102377641112024-03-12T22:56:12.825-07:00TeamBmapAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732454437221792852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055603510237764111.post-73028545805209979492016-04-29T21:29:00.000-07:002016-05-02T15:32:01.555-07:00Come out and join the fun... There is a space here for everyone!<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Randol<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ph</span> Community Garden<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is a space <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">filled with <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">opportunity, hope<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and growth. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As spring begins to fade away with <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">unpredictable temperatures, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mother Dawn <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">prepares</span> the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">space for cultivation. Cultivation of not just the flowers<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, herbs, vegetables and fruits, but also <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of the youth, the working class, the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">poor</span> and the elderly. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A space w<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">here</span> all members of the community<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>can come and share in the beautiful nature o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">f its essence. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: purple;">New spaces provide new opportunities for community members to feel welcome, feel loved and do what they love to do.... grow their food, grow food for others and grow together. </span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While the weather has warmed a bi</span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>t,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> However, I must have missed everyone, </span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">although <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">no one</span> was there, </span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they left the evidence of their fun!</span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While the weather here in central Illinois is <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">finally at a point of fun in the sun and rain<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y days <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">perfect for cultivation,</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I shall continue to seek my <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">own community integration...</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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Community garden… COMMUNITY garden… community GARDEN…<br />
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In a wistful afternoon in April, I murmured these words with
myself as I approached the garden, each time with the stress on a different
word. I had been wondering for a while now who was this community? How do you
understand whether you are part of that community or not? How does the trust
system work? Is it an implied sense or a spatial factor? <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then I saw the fenced boundary of the site. It was very
different with what I imagined it to be. It was more of a suggestion than an
imposition. It was friendly and subtle, and at the same time indicated that
once you’re inside, you are part of something collaborative.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The spatial characteristics of the fence wasn’t working as a
guard but more as a definition or a hedge line. Its ends didn’t meet with
another fence and instead it was hanging out by itself. It acted as a metaphor
of hope. More like a gesture hoping for an expanded future.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Even the berms that surrounded the community garden were
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something is happening on top of the berm behind these colorful benches.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The lock on the shed could easily be opened. It was merely a
way of keeping the doors closed and protecting the tools from being damaged and
the other stuff inside it from being deteriorated. The list of tasks was mostly
a collective effort to keep up with pace of the garden. Everything was shouting:
“you can be one of us”, even though no one was in the garden at that time.</div>
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supporting structures that were marking boundaries of plants to be grown out of
the soil soon. These fostered a protected platform for each plant to flourish.</span></div>
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Being delighted by this passive sense of inclusion, as I approached
the beddings it was very clear to me that there are again boundaries but it was
as though, one melted into the other and the soil, air and the rain drops that
were feeding these, were uniting them all in their one goal of growing food,
fun and friendship!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ati Ashtarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539376476579792403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055603510237764111.post-71974750645429782632016-04-11T18:51:00.002-07:002016-04-11T19:00:29.351-07:00Community Gardening for One<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px;">The shed was full of tools stacked right up to the threshold and there were more wheelbarrows in good repair than had been there before. I checked the legs and the handles and noticed several new bolts and some pieces of wood that had been added to stabilize the parts that had been loose earlier in the spring. It was immediately evident that the community garden takes care of itself and it finds the tools it needs to keep going. It had been a couple of weeks since Mother Dawn had said that the tools needed some repair and someone else heard and responded more quickly than I could. Seeing the shed so full of tools and specifically seeing new bolts next to old rusted bolts and hand crafted repairs showed that there is great skill in this community and that the community uses its skills to enhance everyone’s opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I looked at the list of tasks that is always taped on the inside of the door and noticed that most of the tasks right now involve weeding and spreading mulch. Several tasks are about rearranging and moving some heavy things. I tried to find a task that I could do alone since I hadn’t seen anyone else in the gardens so far that day. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was good to be in the community garden alone, to see the evidence of the community that is always active and changing. Observing what had been done since I was last there probably revealed more about how many people come together to work in this space than I could have gleaned had the garden been full of people that day. The task I did choose to do was one of the only ones that could be done alone in the garden. I was grateful that there was a solo task available but I also realized how rich the garden is for cultivating. It is not just cultivating what is grown but the opportunity to help another person shoulder a difficult task is grown in that space too. I grew in perspective that day. The passing of time and the progress of change revealed the impacts of a community that while not standing and working with me in the garden that day, was most certainly present and active in that space. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732454437221792852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055603510237764111.post-17238668357294392042016-04-06T13:02:00.002-07:002016-04-06T14:42:24.519-07:00Garden as a social space<div class="1">
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Hiroki Kyo, University of Illinois exchange student in LAS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As
Karin mentioned in the previous blog, this series of posts was written by
students in the group investigating social spatial aspects of the local
community of Lumbisi, Ecuador, ENG 498: Sustainab</span><span lang="EN-US">]</span><span lang="EN-US">e Development
Proiject.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I was in the
garden for about 2 hours on Saturday morning. It has been a long time since I
have played such a </span><span lang="EN-US">l</span><span lang="EN-US">ong time with soil, weeds, worms and centipedes because I live in
city in my country. (Maybe the last time I entered into a garden was when I was
in middle school.) It was nothing but fun. I enjoyed the lovely labor and talking
with Ms. Blackman and people came to the garden on that windy spring day. I am
sharing some information of the garden that I got by asking question to Ms.
Blackman today and I will try to analyse (extract) some of the spatial aspects
of the Community Garden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>People around the Garden<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As I learned in our class and in the garden, the
garden is the place for offering fresh vegetables, education, and job training,
and Ms. Blackman plays the significant role to facilitate this essential
community space. 2000 people were provided food from this garden in 2015, which
include the people who live around the garden and through the food pantry of
church </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5OavudvMukGKI96iBq0pvSpUN8sgKGoosXswLdA33_CCCyvgcGC5PW-ALceBSUTLJPxRZ9j8xNt-ZrwSoQDwDrisv8rnYIJKo9y9EetBHqjZSe1Ratn6HQ2I4gNKBOqKG02gtWqk4ht8/s1600/church.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img height="16" id="4snxohudo44p" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAQAOUdAOvr69HR0cHBwby8vOzs7PHx8ff397W1tbOzs+Xl5ebm5vDw8PPz88PDw7e3t+3t7dvb2+7u7vX19eTk5OPj4+rq6tbW1unp6bu7u+fn5+jo6N/f3+/v7/7+/ra2ttXV1f39/fz8/Li4uMXFxfb29vLy8vr6+sLCwtPT0/j4+PT09MDAwL+/v7m5ubS0tM7OzsrKytra2tTU1MfHx+Li4tDQ0M/Pz9nZ2b6+vgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH/C05FVFNDQVBFMi4wAwEAAAAh+QQFMAA5ACwAAAAAEAAQAAAGg8CcMAcICAY5QsEwHBYPCMQhl6guGM5GNOqgVhMPbA6y5Xq/kZwkN3Fsu98EJcdYKCo5i7kKwCorVRd4GAg5GVgAfBpxaRtsZwkaiwpfD0NxkYl8QngARF8AdhmeDwl4pngUCQsVHDl2m2iveDkXcZ6YTgS3kAS0RKWxVQ+/TqydrE1BACH5BAkwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAZ+wJwwJ1kQIgNBgDMcdh6KRILgQSAOn46TIJVSrdZGSMjpeqtgREAoYWi6BFF6xCAJS6ZyYhEIUwxNQgYkFxwBByh2gU0kKRVHi4sgOQuRTRJtJgwSBJElihwMQioqGmw5gEMLKk2AEkSBq4ElQmNNoYG2OVpDuE6Lrzmfp0NBACH5BAUwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAaFwJwwJ1kQCDlCwTAcMh6KhDQnVSwYTkJ1un1gc5wtdxsh5iqaLbVKyVEWigq4ugZgTyiA9CK/JHIZWCsICCxpVWV/EzkHhAgth1UPQ4OOLXpScmebFA6ELHAZclBycXIULi8VZXCZawplFG05flWlakIVWravCgSaZ1CuksBDFQsAcsfFQQAh+QQJMAA5ACwAAAAAEAAQAAAGQcCccEgsGo/IpHLJzDGaOcKCCUgkAEuFNaFRbq1dJCxX2WKRCFdMmJiiEQjRp1BJwu8y5R3RWNsRBx9+SSsxgzlBACH5BAkwADkALAAAAAAQABAAAAaJwJwwJ1kQCDlCwTAcMh6KhDQnVSwYTkJ1un1gc5wtdxsh5iqaLbVKyTEWigq4ugZglRXpRX5J5DJYAFIAaVVlfhNrURqFVQ9DYhqCgzkzCGdnVQBwGRU0LQiXCRUAORQJCwAcOTChoYplBXIKLq6vUXRCCQ22olUEcroJB66KD8FNCjUrlxWpTUEAIfkEBTAAOQAsAAAAABAAEAAABobAnDAnWRAIOULBMBwyHoqENCdVLBhOQnW6fWBznC13G8nZchXNllql5Bg2xA1cZQOwShwCMdDkLgk5GVgAUgAie3syVDkTbFIaiIkIJ0NiGnp7HiNonRVVAHEuFjlQFVQVAI0JCzYjrKCPZQWnf1unYkMVWrFbBLVoUIaPD8C6CwCnAMhNQQA7" width="16" /><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5OavudvMukGKI96iBq0pvSpUN8sgKGoosXswLdA33_CCCyvgcGC5PW-ALceBSUTLJPxRZ9j8xNt-ZrwSoQDwDrisv8rnYIJKo9y9EetBHqjZSe1Ratn6HQ2I4gNKBOqKG02gtWqk4ht8/s320/church.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(the Champaign church of the Brethren, it takes 3 minutes walking from
the garden).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In addition, the garden is also the place of
learning for children. There is a school next to the garden and they learn how
foods </span><span lang="EN-US">come</span><span lang="EN-US"> from the nature</span><span lang="EN-US">. This garden acts as </span><span lang="EN-US">the education center for children.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Also, it’s a
job-training site for teenagers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Although it was my first time to visit here and I
am a foreigner who came to study abroad, she gave me ?gloves</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">and shared
the work for the day as soon as I arrived at the garden and said hello to her .
So that I could soon work with people as we have talked about the plants,
weather and our city. It seemed like I became a member of the local community
of the area. She said “I am almost always here so feel free to visit again.”
She is connecting not only the local communities but also communication of
individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thus the Randolgh Street Community Garden is
connecting people around the community as an open public space. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Space in the Garden<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(The Map of the Garden)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0piinqXeyERw9oZBQQcUDQ-9x7BJcrUgqPuis_mMpBXKBmWuVUZKBhMiHvHZcY5plk3WC4aSRGdw7p2qkyhOTPQDyidc0EaEPoaI7HLzrUi6DjP21DE0SDSUz5B2Nbb_tXARYPZhTCj-/s1600/Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0piinqXeyERw9oZBQQcUDQ-9x7BJcrUgqPuis_mMpBXKBmWuVUZKBhMiHvHZcY5plk3WC4aSRGdw7p2qkyhOTPQDyidc0EaEPoaI7HLzrUi6DjP21DE0SDSUz5B2Nbb_tXARYPZhTCj-/s320/Map.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Before becoming this community garden, the space
was a school district. The garden is now separated into plots and each plot can
be owned by anyone by signing up on the website. Each plot is owned by each
group or individual.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br />We have tons of clues to learn from this community
space, which has strong roots in the community, and we can apply to our
long-term research and projects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">We are a group of student researchers investigating
the long-term sustainability of an irrigation project in Lumbisi, Ecuador. Our
central research question for the irrigation project:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beginning from an outsider's etic perspective and moving toward a local emic
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">As we develop and refine our research questions and methodologies,
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">The Randolph Street Community garden is a vibrant
space where community members come together to grow and share food and
simultaneously form community through the shared maintenance of the garden and
gathering space. Since none of the students in our group had strong ties to the
garden before this class, we will begin as outsiders to the garden but through
the spring planting and growing season, we may make connections that help us
move ever closer to understanding how the community sees and describes itself
as a social space and a space to socialize.<br />
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We can’t wait to start learning and growing with the garden this year and to
develop strong roots in our Champaign community and healthy starts for our long-term research goals. </span></div>
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