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	A Garden Reborn

ellington

6-4-2009 12:14 AM

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garden, manhattan

ellington says:

A GREEN OASIS,HEAVEN IN A CONCRETE JUNGLE

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6-5-2009 11:48 AM

tanyamm

How cool and serene it looks. I wish I could afford to do more to my patio this summer. I lost all my plants this year due to an extremely cold winter.

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