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Cordia Pugh, left, and Natia Barnett pick vegetables at Hermitage Street Community Garden on Aug. 28, 2022, in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Cordia Pugh started the healthy green living space to provide members of the community young and old with garden boxes and as a peaceful place for rest and conversation.
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Cordia Pugh, left, and Natia Barnett pick vegetables at Hermitage Street Community Garden on Aug. 28, 2022, in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Cordia Pugh started the healthy green living space to provide members of the community young and old with garden boxes and as a peaceful place for rest and conversation.
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Cordia Pugh is founder of Hermitage Street Community Garden and Veterans Garden. In Englewood’s gardens and others across the city, participants learn gardening skills and supply fresh vegetables to veterans, seniors and families in need. They master sustainable clean living while fighting against turmoil of heatwave incidents.