THE MAXFIELD TIMES
Gardening at Maxfield
Maxfield students, Nasir and Talycia, explore the garden with Megan Phinney. | Photo by Callie Chase
By Nasir and Talycia
Megan Phinney teaches Maxfield Elementary students how to garden.
M
egan Phinney
for gardening to Maxfield
Ms. Greenwald teaches
loves to be
Elementary by teaching
science at Maxfield and
outside working
students how to garden.
works with Ms. Phinney. Ms.
in the dirt and getting her
She has helped Maxfield
Greenwald teaches students
hands in the smooth soil.
students plant flowers, fruits
about plant biology. In the
She also loves to eat the
and vegetables such as okra,
spring, after the seeds are
fresh fruits and vegetables
carrots and tomatoes.
planted, Ms. Greenwald puts
grown from the baby plants
8
them under lights so that
she has planted with her own
Ms. Phinney gardens at
they grow. When the plants
hands.
Maxfield Elementary in
grow big, they get planted
the spring. She teaches
outside.
“When I get my hands in the
students between second
dirt, it just feels calming to
and fifth grade. The garden
In the winter, Ms. Phinney
me,” Ms. Phinney said. “I love
is in the front of Maxfield,
and the students use paper
flowers and food. We can
and everybody can see the
and pencil to write things
grow some really good food
wonderful colors of the
down to organize the garden
here in Minnesota.”
plants. Vegetables and fruits
and figure out what they
She is passing on her passion
grow in ten boxes of dirt.
want to plant. “And then we
