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Article: Seeds of faith: Garden to feature plants of the Bible.
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- Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL)
- Article date:
- September 25, 2006
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Byline: Kristen Bishop
Sep. 25--CADDO -- Lawrence County will soon be home to one of the largest faith gardens in the United States, giving area residents a 2-acre retreat to meditate, pray and reflect. Jerry Chenault, a regional agent with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, is designing a garden featuring plants found in Scripture for the East Lawrence Memorial Gardens on Lawrence County 434. Faith gardens, sometimes called biblical or ecumenical gardens, are a fairly new concept, said Chenault, but are being designed across the United States as more people recognize their spiritual value. A small section in the Huntsville Botanical Garden's herb ...