Urban kids dig into science and get friendly with worms: Apple Seed program offers New York City students a hands-on way to grow.(Features)(Learning)(K-12)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: July 18, 2000 | Copyright information

For children who live among the concrete of New York City, it can take time to get friendly with the creepy-crawly things in a patch of soil.

But a gardener's got to do what a gardener's got to do. So the elementary school students in an environmental and horticulture studies program called Apple Seed literally dug in this spring and overcame their dislike of worms. And on a sunny day recently, they got their reward - a chance to harvest their vegetables.

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