New St. Jude Garden Provides Fresh Options for Patients and Staff

Harvesting fruits, vegetables and herbs at the peak of freshness is a recipe for good taste, but it also offers higher nutritional value which is important to the patients and staff at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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Research program prepares for medicinal herb garden

Native Medicinal Plant Research Program will begin working on the new garden May 23.

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Theater Review: "Round and Round the Garden" at A.C.T.

The nicest thing you can say about American Conservatory Theater’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Round and Round the Garden is that the set is gorgeous, with green grass and ivy-covered walls, and the actors really try.

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Fire Smart Garden Design (Leader Community Newspapers)

Yarra Ranges’ residents are invited to a community information session (2pm-4pm) with Research Associate and former Principal, Burnley College, University of Melbourne, Dr Gregory Moore, who will share his expertise on: How to design your garden to be “fire smart”; the types of plants that are suitable; how to maintain your garden during the Fire Season and how to interpret clearing rules while …

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Beyond the garden gate (Door County Advocate)

Tucked behind the University of Wisconsin Peninsular Research Station on Wisconsin 42, just north of Sturgeon Bay, is a sanctuary in full bloom. It is a secret garden, of sorts, called The Garden Door.

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Around the Park: Native garden takes shape at Jones Elementary School (The Capital)

A year-long environmental project with Arlington Echo’s Chesapeake Connections culminated with the planting of a native garden at Jones Elementary School under the bright sunshine Wednesday.

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Courageous Cancer Survivors Honored at Intergraph(R) Garden of Hope (redOrbit)

May’s National Cancer Research Month activities include spring dedication at the Huntsville Botanical Garden HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 14 /PRNewswire/ — Today Intergraph(R) and the Huntsville Botanical Garden once again partnered to honor three remarkable cancer survivors at the Intergraph Garden of Hope spring dedication.

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‘The Garden’ (The Arizona Republic)

Director-producer Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s film, which was nominated for an Oscar this year for best documentary feature (”Man on Wire” ended up winning), follows three years in the life of a 14-acre garden in south-central Los Angeles, the same neighborhood that was burned and eviscerated during the 1992 Rodney King riots. (Not rated - 80 minutes) P.

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