AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



Fairview Garden School, Yonkers, is now sup- 

 ported by the people of that city. It was started 

 about seven years ago by Miss Mary Marshall 

 Butler, President of the Women's Institute of 

 Yonkers. In 1909, the Fairview Garden School 

 Association of Yonkers was formed to manage 

 and provide the running expenses of the garden. 

 Its call for $5.00 per boy was promptly responded 

 to. The Russell Sage Foundation allows the 

 Association to use the land, club house, and 

 greenhouse at a nominal rental. 



A large building upon the estate was renovated 

 and used in the winter of 1909-19 10 as a club 

 house for boys and girls, a number of whom had 

 had gardens during the summer. Its object is to 

 provide normal social and educational activities 

 through clubs, talks on outdoor life, stereopticon 

 views and formal lectures, and as far as possible 

 to relate the winter work with that of the garden 

 so that interest in the latter may be continuous 

 throughout the year. When the house was 

 opened the children came in such crowds that 

 they had to be divided into three groups, and 

 these again subdivided according to age. Over 

 800 children are registered. The house affords 

 accommodations for reading and game rooms, a 

 Penny Provident Fund station, clubs and classes. 

 A Junior Civic Club and a City History Club are 

 projects of the future.* The Green Leaf Club 

 and the Vegetable Class include children who had 



*See Appendix A, Note iq. 

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