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Weaver Lake Elementary
- Converted courtyard garden area into a school garden
- Program designed to increase student taste for fresh produce
- Uses garden to support curriculum
- Has an enclosed butterfly garden
- Studies relationship between bees, insects, and plants
- Various sources of funding used for project
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