Jackson St. School Garden Provides Hands-On Education
Diego Irizarry-Gerould, a garden educator with School Sprouts, talks to a fourth-grade class at Jackson Street School in Northampton about what they are going to do during their garden period on Thursday. GAZETTE STAFF/CAROL LOLLIS – Buy this Image
NORTHAMPTON — On a sunny fall afternoon, the children at Jackson Street School go outside to weed plants and pick vegetables, and taste the rewards of their garden class. Some of the vegetables are saved for the school’s Harvest Festival on Oct. 19.