The student body at Gemini Elementary looks forward to Green Thumb Thursdays, when the kids get to enjoy
quality dirt time. Gardening is a new and educational experience for most of the students at the school.
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nity, help Gloddy and Sinigoi and the
children.
“It’s cute to see the generations working
together,” Sinigoi said.
To make it easier on everyone’s back,
Gloddy and Sinigoi plant on feeding
troughs that should last for several
generations of students. Green Thumb
Thursdays is a very popular day at
Gemini for one reason.
“The whole school gets to garden,”
Sinigoi said.
For some kids, the experience is unique.
“A fifth grade girl told me she had never
watered a plant before,” Sinogoi said.
To Gemini Principal Christina Carver,
the garden is more than just an exercise
in planting.
“The garden is a work of art and
represents our message of ‘growing
gardens, growing minds,’ ” she said.
It is much more than a place where
kids can get in touch with nature. It >>
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