Emily Steele
University of Illinois
When green spaces fill schoolyards and neighborhoods with flowers and fresh produce, children and communities thrive. But the journey from the idea of starting a community- or school-based garden to planting one that is built to last is long. What funding sources are available? Where does one plant it? Who takes care of it?
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