DIFFERENT KINDS OF SCHOOL GARDENS 



crops, and like work, would have a place under 

 rural school gardens and also, to some extent, in 

 almost any well-conducted city garden. The 

 growing of vegetables or flowers or of both as the 

 child's very own property would enter into nearly 

 all varieties of gardens; consequently, this sim- 

 plest and most frequent form of school gardening 

 may be taken as a "fundamental type," just as 

 there is at the other end of the scale the rarely 

 attained and, at first, seemingly costly ideal, a 

 "model school garden." The latter is not costly, 

 however, if measured by effectiveness of results, 

 and the education that can be accomplished 

 through it. 



The ideal school garden includes the formal or 

 ornamental garden that should be the setting of 

 every model school building; large and separate 

 playgrounds for boys and girls, with screened 

 and vine-covered outbuildings, where necessary; 

 a large garden, having individual and co-operative 

 flower and vegetable plots, also some for obser- 

 vation or experiment ("sample plots," they are 

 frequently called), and larger areas for forestry, 

 grapery, nursery and the growing of small fruits. 

 There should be hot and cold frames for forcing, 

 and a small greenhouse. Most important of all, 

 there should be a controllable water supply and, 

 if possible, a basin or pond for aquatic life. An 

 equipment of tools and a toolhouse are necessary, 

 and an arbor should be provided which may also 

 be used as an outdoor lecture room or for shelter 



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