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Roots:
* Post-Katrina, property was donated to Elan Ministries - a large gutted warehouse building and the land surrounding it.
* Just a few short years ago the staff of Elan Ministries dreamed about developing a garden in a neighborhood that was in need of access to fresh foods. 
* Around the time of dreaming of the garden, Kayla Miller returned from Germany and expressed the desire to grow foods... she jumped in on the dreaming phase.

Blossoms:
The Garden on Marais is now up and functioning- thanks to the hard work of gardener Kayla Miller, founder Teresa Reiger, Larry Swift, and the support of the rest of Elan staff and all of the volunteers that put their time and sweat into projects on the garden.
Last Friday, Kayla completed a milestone for her work at the garden- she made her first sale!  Three pounds of okra were planted, grown, harvested, and taken by Kayla herself to the Holleygrove Market and Farm, where they were sold to patrons of the market.
Congratulations Kayla!