Community Services Coordinator Stuart Younkin and Banshee Reeks Preserve Manager Ron Circe with some cucumbers that were grown in the 3,000-square-foot vegetable garden at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve.

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Community Services Coordinator Stuart Younkin uses a seed spreader to plant red beet seeds in the Banshee Reeks vegetable garden. The garden is maintained by youths who have been ordered to perform community service by juvenile court judges.

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This 3,000-square-foot vegetable garden at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve is maintained by youths who have been ordered to perform community service by juvenile court judges.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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Banshee Reeks Preserve Manager Ron Circe and Community Services Coordinator Stuart Younkin work in the 3,000-square-foot vegetable garden at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve with a youth who is performing community service by working in the garden. The food grown in this garden is given to a local food bank.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, community service, nature

A youth, who is performing community service by working in the 3,000-square-foot garden at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, holds an heirloom tomato. The food grown in this garden is given to a local food bank.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, community service, nature