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St. Petersburg EcoVillage Community Garden Will Grow on You

WUSF | By Dalia Colon
Published June 3, 2019 at 12:06 AM EDT

Tour the St. Pete EcoVillage community garden with Emmanuel Roux.

What was once a vacant lot is now an urban oasis. WUSF's food podcast,The Zest, takes you behind the fence of theSt. Petersburg EcoVillage. It's a community garden whose mission is to reconnect people with nature.

Survey the bounty with Emmanuel Roux, a longtime restaurenteur who's using his food knowledge to educate the public about nutrition.

For more food stories, recipes and instructions on how to listen to a podcast, check out TheZestPodcast.com.

It's easy being green at the St. Petersburg EcoVillage.
Dalia Colón /
It's easy being green at the St. Petersburg EcoVillage.
Emmanuel Roux of the St. Petersburg EcoVillage.
Dalia Colón /
Emmanuel Roux of the St. Petersburg EcoVillage.
Tomato plant.
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Tomato plant.
Chard plant.
Dalia Colón /
Chard plant.
Plants grow high and low and the St. Petersburg EcoVillage.
Dalia Colón /
Plants grow high and low and the St. Petersburg EcoVillage.
The bounty of onions will make you cry happy tears.
Dalia Colón /
The bounty of onions will make you cry happy tears.
Pineapple plant.
Dalia Colón /
Pineapple plant.
Emmaneul Roux of the St. Petersburg EcoVillage cools off with producer Dalia Colón.
Dalia Colón /
Emmaneul Roux of the St. Petersburg EcoVillage cools off with producer Dalia Colón.

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Dalia Colon
Dalia Colón is excited to return to WUSF as producer of the Zest podcast. From 2010 to 2014, Dalia covered health and features for WUSF. Before that, she was a staff reporter for the Tampa Bay Times and Cleveland Magazine.
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