SCHOOL GARDENS
"DEVELOPING THE ARTISTIC.
" The full rural course was undertaken at six of the nine district high schools, the average attendances totalling 214 pupils " (states the annual report of the Wellington Education Board): "It is satisfactory to note that in the simple nature .study and practical gardening programme of the smaller and in the more advanced programme ■,■ in. agriculture of the larger country schools steady progress is recorded by both inspector* and instructors. It is not less pleasant to note, also, the increasing number of schools at which the shelter' belt, the trim hedge, the garden, and the lawn not only proclaim the taste and skill of teacher, children, and committee, but also assist in developing the artistic sense in others. .
" The board has for two years endeavoured to assist, by the offer of hedge and shelter shrubs to those committees who would undertake to prepare the ground arid plant and protect the trees. Qiiite ai large number of schools have benefited by this offer. The board,wishes to commend highly the'efforts of instructors, teachers, and committees to develop in the child a real love of the plant and its country home and an interest in its life habits, and to develop a love of the country life."
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 99, 26 April 1917, Page 10
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208SCHOOL GARDENS Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 99, 26 April 1917, Page 10
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