Coeur d'Alene Garden Club shares support for local school gardens
A sunflower towers over the Skyway Elementary School garden Wednesday morning as fifth grade teacher and garden club co-adviser Megan Beaudry, left, shares her vision for the space with Coeur d'Alene Garden Club President Rhoda King.
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The Coeur d'Alene Garden Club gifted $500 to the Skyway Elementary School garden program Wednesday morning. The club is also providing monetary support to garden programs at Ramsey Magnet School of Science and Lake City High School. From left: Carol Behrens and Megan Beaudry, Skyway; Cheryl Christensen, Rhoda King and Susan Davenport, Coeur d'Alene Garden Club.
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From left, Carol Behrens, Lacey Bitnoff, Bryn Bitnoff and Lyla Maestas work in the Skyway Elementary garden earlier this summer. The garden just received a $500 grant from the Coeur d'Alene Garden Club.
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Brilliant orange wildflowers are seen Wednesday in the Skyway Elementary School garden, where students learn horticultural and botanical lessons about everything from planning and planting a garden to pollinators and irrigation.
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A curious quail looks over the Skyway Elementary garden from atop an arbor Wednesday morning.
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COEUR d'ALENE — Some soft skills start in the soil: Planning, patience, organization, critical thinking, time management.
"There's no screen time. Your hands are in the dirt," Skyway Elementary School second grade teacher and Skyway Garden Club co-adviser Carol Behrens said Wednesday morning.
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