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"Gardening is changing Milwaukee.\"Our goal is really to have people to start looking at what they're eating, eating healthier and maybe cutting a little bit of their grocery bill,\" said Maria Rodriguez of the Housing Authority of Milwaukee.The community gardens at Westlawn Gardens on the city's northwest side are part of a master plan to change the public housing community and the neighborhood around it to open up a formerly closed off area near 63rd Street and Custer Avenue.\"We want people to come in. We want people to have fellowships, build friendships and just understand that we're just part of the city,\" Rodriguez said.For $10, someone can buy a 5 by 10-foot plot and plant vegetables or flowers.All someone has to do is be willing to get their hands dirty. The garden tools and water are already there.The gardening doesn't end at the garden plot. People can go to the amphitheater, sit down and listen to experts explain how to make the best use of what\u2019s been planted.\"They're going to be learning things about nutrition, and then later on in the season, preserving (and) canning,\" Rodriguez said.There's also an effort to show people how to use vegetables in their everyday cooking to get vital nutrition some people might be missing.The garden is not just for people who live in public housing -- anyone can get a plot.The Housing Authority said it charges $10 to give people a sense of ownership of their plots.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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