On Saturday at the school garden/ playground work party I led a crew in planting evergreen strawberry and a couple of vine maples on the playground.
Planting with children is amazing. They love the dirt, the worms and the work. I was amazed at how quickly our project was done. They wanted to do more. Wangari Maathai knew the power of planting in leading the Greenbelt movement. It does good on so many levels. Her heart must have sang with joy often. That is how I feel when planting trees, especially with children.
After we had dug the holes for the young vine maples we took turns saying our hopes for the trees: connecting the present to the future, taking a moment to be thankful.
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