Schools
Ben Franklin School Garden SNAPs Into Shape
The outdoor classroom/garden will allow students and staff to have a flexible area to make observations or simply to read or think outside.
Editor's Note: The following news brief was submitted by Lawrence Township Public Schools.
Ben Franklin Elementary School recently broke ground on an outdoor classroom/garden in the school's courtyard.
Funded by a grant from the and Ben Franklin's PTO, the project is entitled "Ben Franklin S.N.A.P. Space" for science, nature, arts, and pondering.
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The overall purpose of the space is to allow students and staff to have a flexible area to make observations or simply to read or think outside.
The S.N.A.P. center is shaped like a kite and contains four beds of native New Jersey pollinating plants. A back corner garden will provide bright colors and hardy growth and will display birdhouses and butterfly houses scattered on posts.
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Removable white boards as well as picnic tables and benches will dot the space.
The photos above show students planting sunflowers on July 26 and a community work evening on July 31.
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