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Street-side gardens

Easement enthusiasm

by Donna Iadipaolo

posted 8/23/2012

Studying Ann Arborites' relationship to their "urban forest" after the emerald ash borer outbreak, U-M natural resources prof MaryCarol Hunter became captivated by the gardens people planted in the easement between the sidewalk and street. Despite that "rough environment," she emails, "these gardens were full of personality and often harbored butterflies and

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