Budding gardeners learn a lesson about plants.(Home & Garden)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May, 2007

Byline: Catherine Edman Cedman@@dailyherald.com Anne Nagro isn't one to turn away a tomato plant. What about 80 to the garden at Woodland Elementary West School in Gages Lake. tomato plants - all presented by smiling second- grade students? Hey, the more the merrier is her motto when it comes Of course, 40 or 50 sprawling pumpkin plants might be a logistical nightmare, but that's a problem for a future day.

At the moment, she's focusing on getting 400 second-graders - each with a tomato or other plant in hand - through the school's vegetable garden to plunk their treasures in the soil. Over two days this month, the school's garden will come to life. By the end of the season, if it's anything like last year, they'll have delivered more than 450...