Four Tucson artists earn national grants to carry on traditions and educate community

The himmeli — a Finnish holiday decoration — hangs from a mesquite tree branch in a desert community garden.

No one notices the juxtaposition of the nordic ornament dangling from the Sonoran plant.

The refugees from Burundi, Eritrea, Tanzania, Guatemala, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo chat among themselves, then weed and water the garden on a cloudy morning in midtown Tucson…

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