Worms and chickens and broccoli, oh my!
Garden in regional park holds many lessons for children
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A colorful Adirondack chair greets visitors at the entrance to the JD Rivers Children’s Garden in Theodore Wirth Park. |
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| Soozin Hirschmugl, garden coordinator, shows visitors to the garden how to feed the resident chickens. |
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| Garden worker Lisa Kissing helps children harvest cilantro to use in making salsa. |
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| Two eager gardeners check to see if any tomatoes have ripened in their raised bed. |
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| Searching for macroinvertebrates in nearby Bassett Creek is part of a lesson on water quality. |
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| Canoeing on Wirth Lake is a popular part of the day’s water quality lesson. |