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been attempted by some school betterment association or an 

 individual. 



The children's home garden always follows the school garden. 

 In fact, it is the natural result. It seems to me a little unfortunate 

 that a certain differentiation, or almost antagonism has been de- 

 veloped between these two phases of the same movement. A 

 child's garden at home under the auspices of his school is certainly 

 a school garden. A school garden is any garden conducted any- 

 where by the school. It may be at the school, in a vacant lot, 

 in a park, along the sidewalk or at the homes of the pupils. 



It seems to me not a little discouraging that certain people have 

 endeavored to capitalize the home garden for reasons that appear 

 to be personal. The garden at the school should always go hand 

 in hand with the garden at the home of the child. The garden 

 at the school is a model of teaching and sets an ideal of work. 

 The garden at the home of the child is the living result which is 

 bound to follow the garden at school. 



The greatest difficulty in carrying on school garden work is 

 to bridge over the vacation period. The year-round school is the 

 best way to accomplish this, but since that is a "far-cry," school 

 garden directors and teachers must be employed. While the 

 schools are in session the regular teachers should be trained in the 

 work of directing the children just as far as possible, but during 

 the summer extra teachers must be employed. The funds to 

 support school gardening will be available the moment the people 

 are lead to feel that it is just as necessary for the child to be 

 educated in the open for, at least, a part of the day, as it is for him 

 to be educated within the four walls of a classroom. The 

 outdoor education, with its wealth of agricultural and scientific 

 material is a fundamental in the education of children and worth 

 paying for. 



Van Evrie Kilpatrick, 

 President of School Garden Association of America. 



