
Paris, Tenn.–Wade Hays and Jonathan Lickert of Boy Scout Troop 28 pull a mulch-filled tarp to the front of the Historic Atkins-Porter Neighborhood Botanical Garden during a weekend project. The troop’s sponsoring organization, First United Methodist Church, is in the Atkins-Porter Neighborhood. Additional scouts and leaders not pictured include Riley McDevitt, Lee Hays, Johnny Lickert, Butch Powers, Matt Hays, A.J. Diaz, Avery Jackson, Tony Jackson, Scott McDevitt, Keegan Kyle, and Kenson Kyle. Located at 311 Jackson Street, the garden has now been lighted for the holidays by the Historic Atkins-Porter Neighborhood Association. (Susan Jones photo).