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nature and environmental issues and relationships (Garcia-Ruiz, 2009, p. 34). “Personal
experience and observation of nature [were] the building blocks for classroom
enrichment. Gardens ground[ed] children in growth, and decay, predator-prey...
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The third question in the survey sought to gather data on the use of gardens by
schools and related funding. The three consolidated county districts (S5, S6, S7) all
reported school gardens in the identified suburbs. These three suburb groups...