This Metro East teacher spent nearly $2K and countless hours building community garden
WASHINGTON PARK â Derissa Davis' energy seemed to know no bounds on Saturday as she pursued her community's vision of turning an abandoned lot into a vegetable garden that will serve families in the surrounding food desert. "Everything we grow, we'll give away," said Davis, a fourth grade reading teacher at James Avant Elementary School. The idea for the Tiny Children's Garden started with a group of third graders who sent letters to the village mayor describing what they'd like to see change about their community, and the idea for a community garden popped up. Parts of Washington Park a...
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