01/22/14 — Garden prep

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Garden prep

By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on January 22, 2014 1:46 PM

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Dillard Academy Charter School kindergarten student Akil Parker, left, and Lytwan Faire fill a wheelbarrow with mulch Monday during the Dillard Academy Charter School/CASTLES 21CLCC community garden workday.

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Dillard Academy Charter School student Takira Oliver, 10, washes her hands after painting a craft during the workday.

More than 70 students and staff from Dillard Academy Charter School along with students from Wayne Community College and other volunteers pitched in Monday to lay mulch, build pathways, construct a grape arbor and a message board for outdoor classes, and do general cleanup around the garden.