A student at Larry G. Smith Elementary School in Mesquite, Texas, shows off her design for a school garden. Click through our gallery to see more of the garden.
Courtesy Jill Johnson
Students, parents and teachers at Sudie L. Williams Elementary School in Dallas, Texas, before the "Big Dig" with REAL School Gardens to build their school garden. They are joined by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas employees.
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At their elementary school, Sudie Williams students have their math, science, and language arts classes in the school garden.
Courtesy Jeff Cross
Margie Hernandez, principal of Pershing Elementary School in Dallas, Texas, holds one of the school garden's resident chickens.
Courtesy Jill Johnson
Students at Burton Hill Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, take a look at a bee in their school garden.
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Another student at Burton Hill examines a flower in her school garden through a magnifying glass.
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An educator with the REAL School Gardens program talks with students in their outdoor classroom at Burton Hill.
