A school's garden grows

Assemblymember Mark Weprin visited Principal Susan Sherer and the students of Public School 205, the Alexander Graham Bell School, to see the fruit and vegetable garden that they are cultivating behind the school. The Oakland Gardens students are growing tomatoes, pumpkins, peppers, watermelons, eggplants - and even bananas - with the help of their teachers and principal. A unique, hands-on project, the garden facilitates the students' understanding of agriculture, an area of science that New York City's elementary schoolers rarely have a chance to learn about firsthand.