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Community Garden Winners

by Julie Walker
Wednesday Aug 20, 2014

Mayor Martin J. Walsh congratulates the winners of the Community Garden category in the citywide Mayor's Garden Contest during a reception held August 12 in the Public Garden. Left to right: Katie Kathrein (holding two-year-old Greyson), Sally Sliker, and Karen Maddalena representing First Place winner Joe Ciampa Community Garden in East Boston, and Second Place winner John Walsh of the South End. The Garden Contest was presented with a Grand Prize from JetBlue and media support provided by the Boston Herald. Prize packages were provided by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, Mahoney's Garden Centers, the Boston Flower and Garden Show, the New England Wildflower Society, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, and other sponsors.