Harvesting hope at Paola Community Garden

For some, it’s a peaceful respite from the hectic world around them.

For others, it’s a place to safely and naturally grow delicious produce.

For a few, it’s a memorial to those who are no longer with us.

For Alexis Shaw, the Paola Community Garden is the start of what she hopes will be a communitywide effort to promote conservation, organic growing and agricultural education.

Shaw and her fellow volunteers have been busy this year revitalizing the garden, which is located on city-owned land along Industrial Park Drive.