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Secret Gardeners: Growing a Community and Healing the Earth

Maija Hurme and Lina Laurent

Illustrator: Maija Hurme

Ages: 6+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Pajama Press

ISBN: 978-1-77278-247-9

Keywords: Ecology-no-dig gardening, property ownership, urban, activism

Detailed gardening information is introduced through varied colorful layouts as three children become involved in helping transform an abandoned urban plot into a sustainable community garden. Back matter.