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School Garden Tours

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1st graders at NHE

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The first step in preparing new raised beds is laying down newspaper to kill the turf. These beds will be at Rosemary Hills Primary School.

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A monarch butterfly raised by Westland Middle School students and released into their native plant raised bed garden. We named it Crinklewing because of its less than perfect left wing.

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1st grader at New Hampshire Estates placing a caterpillar on a host plant.

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Students at New Hampshire Estates celebrate the brand new butterfly garden by releasing caterpillars.

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Ceramic tile artwork of a butterfly made by NHE student for the butterfly garden.

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Planting a shade garden on a rainy day at Woodlin Elementary School.

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Future site of a sunny native plant garden at Forest Knolls ES.

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Chevy Chase Native Plant Garden for Sun is watered from rain barrels attached to the downspouts of the portables.

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Rock Creek Forest ES has a Native Plant Garden for Sun alongside its parking lot.

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Rock Creek Forest ES has a butterfly garden at the edge of its parking lot.

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North Chevy Case ES Native Plant Garden for sun is cared for by a monthly student gardening club.