PHOTO GALLERY: Refugees lay down roots in local garden

June 22, 2012 | 5:18 p.m. CDT

The Columbia Refugee Garden at Broadway Christian Church has between 40 and 50 plots for refugees to grow food.

Ah Mwe puts organic plant food onto one of the plots Thursday afternoon at Columbia Refugee Garden. There are between 40 and 50 plots in the garden for refugees to grow food. | Yi Gan

Hau Za Lun, right-front, waters her plots Thursday afternoon at Columbia Refugee Garden. She is a Burmese refugee who has been in Columbia for 19 months. Meh Mo, back left, and her mother, Beh Mo, grow vegetables in their plots. | Yi Gan

Ah Mwe, a refugee from Burma, farms Thursday afternoon in the Columbia Refugee Garden at Broadway Christian Church. Mwe is growing a vegetable that's native to Burma. He has been in Columbia for 15 months. | Yi Gan