CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



Two phases of the work are strongly empha- 

 sized — the ethical and practical. An effort is 

 made to inculcate a love of natural objects, trees, 

 flowers, insects, birds, and to demonstrate the 

 best methods of successful gardening. 



No organization has accomplished more ef- 

 fective and permanent results than the Home 

 Gardening Association of Cleveland, Ohio. Its 

 policy has been business-like, and nothing has 

 been attempted that has not been successful. 



The improved conditions of many homes are 

 due to its influence. A new feature has been un- 

 dertaken this year — the establishment of four 

 vegetable gardens, three in the school yards, 

 and one in a vacant lot near a school — by the 

 association and the School Council in coop- 

 eration. 



The following extracts from the report of 

 the Home Gardening Association of Cleveland 

 for 1903 indicate the progress of the work : 



" One call of the present time is ' back to 

 nature.' It is a cheery invitation. Multitudes go 

 from the city every year to enjoy for a time the 

 delights of the country. Other larger multitudes 

 must stay behind in cramped quarters where there 

 is plenty of smoke and dust, but little to suggest 

 the beauty of the fields and woods. The Home 

 Gardening Association has pointed out a way to 

 make the city wilderness bloom, to cause flowers 



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