Master Gardeners With Students, 1999
This file appears in: Ben Franklin Elementary Gardening Program
Master Gardeners from the Ohio State University Extension work with students in the Benjamin Franklin Elementary School garden.
Image courtesy of Cleveland State Library Special Collections
This file appears in: Ben Franklin Elementary Gardening Program
Ben Franklin Elementary Gardening Program
In 1904, the Cleveland Public Schools began a small school gardening program which quickly expanded into a multi-million dollar, district-wide deal. Generations of schoolchildren participated by growing food, beautifying vacant lots, and learning…