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Fairview resident proposes school teaching garden highlighting native Tennessee plants
Summary
Horticulturist Steve Maidelski presented a 400-square-foot teaching-garden pilot for Williamson County Schools that uses mostly native Tennessee perennials to teach state science standards and local ecology, and described funding and stewardship challenges.
Steve Maidelski, a Fairview resident who runs Natchez Glen, told the Board of Commissioners on Nov. 20 that he has developed a curriculum and a hands-on 400-square-foot teaching garden intended as a pilot for Williamson County Schools. "This is a pilot program for Williamson County Schools that I've developed the curriculum for that meets state standards for science that is a teaching garden," Maidelski said during the meeting.
Maidelski outlined how the garden would be divided into four quadrants to teach…
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