Adventures of the Bandit Garden ...

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The bandit garden project was a success. The garden is almost up and running at the local park close to the school. It's amazing how activated the kids become (both genders) when engaged in something creative--whether it's planting a garden or learning how to knit. 
We started on Thursday with cleaning up the bit of land I depicted a few posts ago. The grade 6's had to go to P.E. so some 5th graders took over and they were really good at it. They prepared the land and made sure it was all ready for planting on Friday. 
Friday I made my way over there to meet the sixth graders. Some planted in a large pot many beautiful flowers which were provided by the park. Would you believe I forgot my camera? Thus the lack of up-to-date photos, but I'll load them as soon as I get them. 
It was an amazing experience to see how engaged the kids were in making the park that they play in, beautiful. It was also a joy to experience how open and helpful the workers at the park have been and continue to be. It's funny, cause the kids from my school have been going to this park for years, but yesterday was the first time I saw the adults from  park and the kids from the school engage with each other in such a mutually interested way. 
The sun is out way more now, which means I am slowly awakening from my winter daze. This was a long and challenging winter. These Scandinavian winters are a bitch, that's all I'll say. But in the end, as long as you got creative flow and energy--it kind of really doesn't matter in the end. 
farvel, 
the lab



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