6 Gardening 



Van Evrie Kilpalrick 



FIG. 4. An individual plot garden without paths. The rows of vegetables 

 run uninterruptedly across the field and the corners of the plots are marked only 

 by stakes. 



or grades has a garden plot, usually of small area. The 

 pupil cares for his own plot, but the work of planting, 

 caring for, and harvesting the crops is all done under the 

 direction of a teacher and supervisor. 



Formerly, in school-garden work very generally, indi- 

 vidual plots were assigned to the pupils, and especially 

 in Los Angeles and New York City this plan is still 

 followed with marked success. This method stimu- 

 lates individual effort, and it provides individual plots 

 for children who have no opportunity for home gar- 

 dens. ." But in most places it has been replaced by the 

 community grade garden and the school-directed home 

 garden. 



The community school or grade garden is one in which 

 all the children of the grade or the school jointly partici- 

 pate in the work of preparing the soil, planting, and 

 caring for the entire garden plot. The purpose of the 



