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Why Latter-day Saints and a Jewish congregation joined forces in a major landscaping project

08/13/2020 06:45:25 PM

Aug13

Trent Toone

Volunteers spread gravel outside of the Congregation Kol Ami synagogue in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Highland South Stake has partnered with Congregation Kol Ami to xeriscape the property around the synagogue. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — During the first week of August, the 6-acre property surrounding the Congregation Kol Ami Jewish Synagogue underwent a major transformation.

In the span of five days, hundreds of volunteers worked around the clock in 100-degree heat and clouds of dust to remove old, overgrown trees and shrubs and replace them with new trees and drought-tolerant plants, decorative rock, concrete paths and patios, as well as a new drip irrigation system.

Along with a refreshing and colorful xeriscaped look that will save money and conserve water, a new bond of friendship was forged between synagogue members and Latter-day Saints of the Highland Utah South Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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