Historical September–October 1999 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
McPherson Community Garden was awarded First Place for Best Community Garden in the Post Dispatch – Gateway Greening – KTRS Great Greening Contest.
The Garden received $160.00 in coupons from area nurseriesFrisella’s, Garden Heights, Cottage Gardens (Piasa), Diatelmaus ($40.00 each).
The coupons will purchase plants and bulbs for the public areas of the garden.
A story about the McPherson Garden along with other community gardens was featured in Post-Lifestyles (July issue), written by neighbor Becky Hohmann. Photos of all the winning gardens were on display at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden. McPherson Garden, which was funded since its beginning by Gateway Greening, won Honorable Mention in this same contest last year, when the garden was barely a year old. Head gardener Andy Cross and the many hard-working gardens who put so much time and effort into the public areas of the garden as well as their own plots deserve thanks from everyone in Skinker DeBaliviere.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 1999.
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Original source: SD_Times1999_09.pdf, printed page(s) 17; PDF page(s) 17.
