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Article: Lessons of a school garden: teach children to plant, and put the world at their fingertips.
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- October 1, 2005
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A school garden is a great teaching tool--it brings science, math, nature, and art to life, and it gets students excited about learning.
Sunset teamed up with Juana Briones Elementary School in Palo Alto, California, to develop a fall garden, working with a team of parent volunteers and teachers to build raised beds, and then helping the schoolkids plant them with flowers and vegetables selected for making natural dyes.
Check out the following pages to learn how to start a school garden in your own neighborhood. You'll quickly find out, as we did, how much fun--and how rewarding--gardening with children can be.
When kids become gardeners:
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