City Hall garden flourishes - baltimoresun.com

The vegetable gardens planted around the city's War Memorial Plaza in front of City Hall have produced more than 1,500 pounds of vegetables for the kitchens of Our Daily Bread, which feeds the homeless. But perhaps just as important is this news: "The garden has been respected," said Melissa Grim, acting chief horticulturist for the city's Departments of Recration and Parks. Except for the odd head of cabbage or sage plant going missing, there has been no theft or vandalism in the multiple beds that surround the plaza. The gardens are lush, productive and unharmed. "And no rats!" said Angela Treadwell-Palmer, who designed the gardens for the city. Because of the abundant spring rain, the gardens produced hundreds of pounds of lettuce and beans and is still producing kale, collard greens and Swiss chard.
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