Month: April 2016

5th Graders explore World Garden Commons

5th Graders Inventory World Garden Commons at Rabanus Park

One hundred and five 5th Graders from Westside Elementary visited the World Garden Commons at Rabanus Park to inventory and learn about the site through the soil, current designs, conditions, observations. The site activities followed The Fargo Project design principle “to experience nature and ecology.”  The activities gave kids permission to recognize that the World Garden…
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April 26, 2016 0

Students Lead ‘Natural Play’ Design for the World Garden Commons

Dwight Mickelson, artist and sculptor, led a multi-disciplinary group to develop activities to introduce fifth grade students to the World Garden Commons, the pilot site of The Fargo Project.  Professionals in engineering, landscape architecture, conservation and natural resources management plus volunteers will lead 105 students in a guided exploration of the site on April 21,…
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April 18, 2016 0