DIFFERENT KINDS OF SCHOOL GARDENS 



Considering school gardens from the point of 

 view of maintenance, including organization and 

 purpose, they may be divided into four classes: 

 (i) those maintained by individuals, corporations, 

 clubs, philanthropic organizations, playground 

 associations, civic clubs and village improvement 

 societies; (2) gardens supported by and under the 

 control of park commissioners or city recreation 

 bureaus* or boards of public works; (3) those 

 maintained by school commissioners, trustees, or 

 boards of education, in connection with schools, 

 whether as experiments, as features of vacation 

 schools, or as accepted and valuable parts of the 

 school system for which distinct appropriation is 

 made. A fourth class might include many exist- 

 ing gardens where the experiment is maintained 

 by a combination of any two of the above 

 named agencies, as when land is furnished by 

 school board or park commissioners, and means 

 for equipment are supplied by club or private 

 subscription. 



in the matter of organization, park or school 

 boards usually appoint the head and assistant 

 teachers of gardens under municipal control. 

 Where a club supports a garden, a committee of 

 ways and means is chosen to select the head 

 teacher, to whom is turned over the entire re- 

 sponsibility of running the garden, in either 

 case, reasonable consideration should be shown 



♦ St. Louis Park Department Public Recreation Commission 

 •supports its children's gardens. 



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