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ture, Washington, D. C, Cornell University, Luther Burbank, and 

 various other persons who might assist by suggestions or literature, 

 and later the most interesting replies read to the pupils. 



The city librarian sent a garden library to the school ; also back 

 numbers of the Garden Magazine, to which the school became a 

 regular subscriber. 



When the principal asked how many boys could come the next 

 Saturday to help clear the two and one-half acre tract which the 

 owner had kindly consented to let them use their answer was a 

 joyous shout. 



By the following Saturday, April 20th, it had been plowed, and 

 staked so that each of the sixteen teachers was assigned a section 

 where every pupil in her room might have a plot eight feet by ten 

 feet, a path surrounding each group of six individual gardens. 

 This is the Woodlawn school garden, the pioneer school garden of 

 Portland. 



Many visitors have noticed the happy activities of the children 

 and the industry displayed. Among the special features were 

 "The Variety Gardens" (vegetable and flowers), the "Industrial 

 Garden" where sixty varieties of grains, grasses, lentils, forage, and 

 fibers were planted, "The Exchange Garden" where surplus plants 

 from thinning were transplanted and exchanged, "The Old- 

 Fashioned Flower Garden," "The Twentieth Century Garden," 

 and a "Sand Garden" for the kindergarten visitors. The latter 

 proved to be a happy introduction of school life to the younger 

 brothers and sisters. 



On the last day of school, the garden was used for a reception to 

 the many visitors who attended the "Pet Show" where benches for 

 the various pets had been arranged on the east side of the 

 garden. 



There were no prizes offered by the Woodlawn Advisory Com- 

 mittee. The desire to excel was sufficient incentive. The prin- 

 cipal and teachers are pleased to say that no expense for super- 

 vision was needed. The work was done voluntarily during hours 

 not assigned as school hours. 



In the meantime, the business men of the various clubs organized 

 a garden contest, offering prizes for the best school garden, best 

 home garden, and the best individual vegetables. When the 

 exhibit was held, June 15, 191 2, in the Armory, it was a revelation 



