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Keep DeKalb Beautiful / Great American Cleanup
DeKalb Memorial Park Benefits from “Give Back To Gro”
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s 2010 edible community garden program, “Give Back To Gro,” served to unite people from all walks of life around the benefits of gardening in the realm of sustainability, healthy eating, and environmental education. The gardens also foster a deeper sense of pride for participating communities, a greater appreciation for the role that volunteerism plays within neighborhoods, and a lasting acknowledgment of just how little it takes to give back. Edible community gardens were created in seven cities across the country during the Great American Cleanup with partners Keep America Beautiful, Plant A Row for the Hungry, the National Gardening Association, Franklin Park Conservatory and the Garden Writers Association, impressing upon individuals the need to harvest local produce and foster opportunities for youth involvement in green activities.
DeKalb Memorial Park provides another example of successful urban gardening for aspiring volunteers. Amber Greer Weaver, Director Keep DeKalb Beautiful
The DeKalb Memorial Park Community Garden in DeKalb, Ga., is one example of how a garden can bring a community closer together. This garden, in one of Metro-Atlanta’s largest counties, received financial and in-kind support from ScottsMiracle-Gro, Keep DeKalb Beautiful, DeKalb County Government and the
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