Pretty cool!
Tilling the gardens of health
> Life: The garden at Sharpe Health, a school for children with
> disabilities in Northwest, is gorgeous, but it wasn't designed merely
> to please the eye. It's a healing garden that helps children improve
> their motor skills, instructs them in basic gardening and even teaches
> them the alphabet.
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In a related article, the latest issue of 'Landscape Architecture' magazine has an article titled 'Healing Havens: Two hospital gardens in Portland, Oregon, win awards for therapeutic values...'
you can read an excerpt here:
Washington Times is published in Washington D.C. NOT Washington STATE, Sharpe Health School is a public school in the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. That would be one hellofa field trip.......bring a sack lunch!
Val
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