Watch 1940 Kids Learn to Food Garden

1940 ‘Gardening’ an instructional sound film. (10 minutes)
Produced by Erpi Classroom Films Inc.
In collaboration with Ellen Eddy Shaw, MA
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Encyclopedia Britannica Films – ‘Bring the world to the Classroom”

The Child’s Food Garden – ‘with a few suggestions for flower culture’
School Garden Series.
By Van Evrie Kilpatrick, 1918
Principal of the Carlisle School, New York City and assigned to supervision of School and Home Gardens. President of the School Garden Association of America
65 pages. Includes many photos and illustrations

Preface:

Every boy and every girl who has a garden at home, or who is given a plot in a school garden, ought to learn to do the work successfully. Yet, as the author has found, children, especially those who live in cities and towns, know little or nothing about producing anything from the soil, and since the teacher cannot always be present to direct the work, there is a danger that discouraging mistakes will be made.

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