by Fred Jones | Oct 1, 2017 | Articles
When special needs students participate in a unique gardening program, they expect success which improves from year to year. Last year at the Topsfield Fair,. Haverhill High School’ potatoes, tomatoes, and sunflowers won many first place ribbons. The students... by Jerry Selivonchic | Sep 29, 2017 | Articles
Elementary school students are reinforcing new classroom skills with hydroponic gardening. In Nicole Dean’s first grade class at Tenth Street Elementary School, the six foot garden is inside. Many schools, including Tenth Street have gardens outside, but the... by Sandy Rivera | May 22, 2017 | Articles
The classroom is the place for high tech gardening where kids grow food with hydroponics farming. At Palmquist Elementary School, students are growing plants without soil, fertilized by fish. They are learning how plants germinate, and to manage irrigation. They are... by Jane Kurtz | Apr 30, 2017 | Articles
Sixth graders are passing on the legacy of a school garden, grown from years of work, to a school which will now use the garden to potentially feed hundreds of people. For two years, the sixth grade students at Island View Elementary have worked on a garden project... by Saul Kornbluth | Apr 27, 2017 | Articles
Therapeutic horticulture for special needs students is making a difference in the way some Knoxville Tennessee students are learning. Once a week, Austin-East High School’s special education class meets outdoors. They are part of a hands-on class at the University of...
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