St. Petersburg EcoVillage Community Garden Will Grow on You

WUSF | By Dalia Colon

Published June 3, 2019 at 12:06 AM EDT

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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.

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Emmanuel Roux of the St. Petersburg EcoVillage.

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Tomato plant.

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Chard plant.

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Plants grow high and low and the St. Petersburg EcoVillage.

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The bounty of onions will make you cry happy tears.

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Pineapple plant.

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Emmaneul Roux of the St. Petersburg EcoVillage cools off with producer Dalia ColÃ³n.

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