The Mower County Junior Gardeners come inside once in a while but spend a great deal of time outside developing their green thumbs and learning about gardening.
Released Auugst 6, 2009
AUSTIN, Minn. -- Youth grades three and up can be gardeners busy planting, watering, weeding and harvesting in a Minnesota program. They may learn about bugs or make jam in their weekly workshops. It's a free program through the University of Minnesota and 4-H.
Master Gardeners, youth leaders, AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) workers and Mower County’s U of M Extension have teamed up to work with and teach the children.
The work and play of the Mower County Junior Gardeners is chronicled on a blog at http://mowerjuniorgardeners.blogspot.com/.
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Source: Ruth Neil, neil0047@umn.edu
Writer: Lynette Spicer, lynette.spicer@eXtension.org
