milkweed bug
Evanston Skokie School Gardens

natural hands-on education for all ages

Washington School garden photo gallery


garden of the five senses
(click this sign to show garden)


In the sense garden, students can safely touch, taste and smell a variety of plants


student-made signs brighten
 the sense garden


 

        
 

fruit trees and native plant area

   


native plant and
butterfly gardens


butterfly garden


1st grade raised bed


parents and citizens
weed in the shade garden


 

kindergarten pumpkin patch


hey, it's a start!

tepee with green beans
and cabbages


future site of 3 sisters garden
(corn, beans and squash)

Washington school garden is a
habitat site designated
by the State of Illinois


the PTA received a grant from the Illinois Conservation Foundation to use for the native plant and butterfly gardens


a collection of our greenery
a purple too


can you identify them all?



a rainbow of colors