I photographed the Oakhurst Community Gardens near Agnes Scott College in Decatur for a Three of a Kind photo feature for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Oakhurst not only has 32 plots for rent each year but a full greenhouse, chicken coop, bee hives, a pond and a playground for children.
Sharon Barrington uses a hoe to break up the soil at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Flowers bloom in one of the gardening plots at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
A metal sunflower decorates one of the gardening plots at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
A chicken perches on the roof of the hen house preparing to fly the coop at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
A chicken flies the coop at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Mary Muse uses a hose to water tomato saplings at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Julia Sconyers pets a chicken held by Jay Schexnyder at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Julia Sconyers reaches to pet one of the chickens at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
The trash and recycle station at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur.
Kim Baker fills containers with soil at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Joy Provost churns dirt with her hands as Kim Baker uses a hose to wet the soil at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
A bee flies through the greenhouse section of Oakhurst Community Gardens on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Daniel Ballard replants a Salvia Black and Blue plant at the Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Ballard, the head gardener at Oakhurst is one of close to 1,000 volunteers that help out at the garden. Oakhurst not only has 32 plots for rent each year but a full greenhouse, chicken coop, bee hives, a pond and a playground for children.
Cabbage and lettuce grow in one of the plots at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
A wagon sits next to a bee mural on the wall of the Oakhurst Community Gardens' educational center on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Kim Baker and Joy Provost plant seedling tomatoes in containers at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
A wagon painted to look like a dragon holds herbs at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Joy Provost (right) and Kim Baker plant tomatoe sapplings in containers at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Oakhurst not only has 32 plots for rent each year but a full greenhouse, chicken coop, bee hives, a pond and a playground for children.
Joy Provost plants seedling tomatoes in small containers at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Deborah Robinson picks dried leaves off of plants as she prepares for the Oakhurst Community Gardens spring plant sale in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Sunlight highlights herbs at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Kim Baker and Joy Provost plant seedling tomatoes in containers at Oakhurst Community Gardens in Decatur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.