City puts some green behind the greenery for local school gardens
Two local schools are on the receiving end of mini-grants of upto $2,000 that are intended to help their gardens grow.
P.S. 127 McKinley Park School and I.S. 259 William McKinley weretwo of 36 public and charter schools awarded the funds as part of acitywide school gardens initiative called Grow To Learn that aimsto support efforts to use gardens as classroom space to help teacheverything from science, math and health to teamwork andorganizational skills.
The grant funds also make them eligible to receive materials andexpert advice from GreenThumb, the city Parks Department’scommunity garden division.