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Learn about removing grass, planting flowers and more: Jerald Simon hosts free educational garden tour

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Jerald Simon, a St. George, Utah resident, has been teaching a beginning gardening course, Positive Planting (https://www.positiveplanting.com/) at his home in St. George, Utah for the past year to better help teach Southern Utah residents how to grow flowers, fruit…

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