While they worked, she taught them about the environment. The kids enjoyed it so much, they even worked in the garden during the summer. Soon parents and other townsfolk got involved. Last September the school held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the garden. The second-graders released monarch butterflies to celebrate.
Winters are long in New Hampshire.
Everyone in Candia is eagerly awaiting the first signs of spring this year. Lindsey is making lesson plans so that teachers can use the garden as an outdoor classroom. She's also making plans to expand it. She pictures walkways around the school, shady places to sit and nature trails in the nearby woods.