Home & Garden - Courthouse Cleaning
Date: 7/19/2009 Album ID: 800061
Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

The heirloom roses in front of the garden are a favorite, even though they require more care than  the plants chosen for low maintenance.  Jarvis plans to replace the soil and replant the roses, like this Gold Medal variety.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Twin plots in front of the courthouse were dug out by inmates, the soil was replaced, and new plants were chosen for their ease of maintenance and color interest that evolves with the seasons.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

The masses of petunias behind Jarvis are set in custom ironworks that affix the pots to the bannisters.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Rod Jarvis tosses a weeding tool to Bryce Rasmussen, 14, as the Corvallis Youth Corp is briefed on their jobs cleaning up the gardens at the Benton County Courthouse.
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