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New Iowa City event showcases home and gardening innovations

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Indian Creek Nature Center Executive Board Member Rebecca Mumwaw (left) holds her hen, Maxine, as Director Rich Patterson speaks during a workshop on how to raise backyard chickens at the Nature Center on Saturday, February 18, 2012. More than 40 people attended the workshop where they can get a certificate required for a city permit that allows raising chickens in Cedar Rapids backyards. (Emily Busse/The Gazette-KCRG)

Local interest in CR backyard chickens growing

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(from left) Trinity Cooper, Rhaelynne Smestad and Ashley Hartl move plants after watering at the greenhouse at Taylor Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, April 14, 2011. School gardens will be the focus of a workshop Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Iowa City. (Cliff Jette/SourceMedia Group)

Homegrown: Growing school gardens

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Angie Cannon of Palo prepares red roses by removing thorns and wrapping floral wire around the stem for Pierson's Floral owner Rollie Pierson to arrange them at the business Feb. 11, 2010, in northeast Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Homegrown: Better Bouquets

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A ruby-throated hummingbird feeds at a Prairie Fire penstemon in Illinois. (Richard Day/Daybreak Imagery)

Winter Gardening Fair buzz: creating habitat for backyard wildlife

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An avocado seed can be rooted to grow as an indoor plant. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)

Homegrown: Growing plants from food

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Century Farm in rural Chelsea, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Homegrown: Iowa’s Century Farms

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A close up of an Arachnidan Trap daylily in the garden of Linn County Master Gardener Zora Ronan. Ronan will give a presentation about daylilies during a free library forum. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Homegrown: February 2012 Calendar

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New Iowa City event showcases home and gardening innovations

Local interest in CR backyard chickens growing

Homegrown: Growing school gardens

Homegrown: Better Bouquets

Winter Gardening Fair buzz: creating habitat for backyard wildlife

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Homegrown: Iowa’s Century Farms

Homegrown: February 2012 Calendar

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