Garden Experiences in Youth Development
Eggheads and 
Problem Solving

Rebecca Weller
Hunt Meadows Elementary School

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Students with children at a school eating outside
Rebecca worked with Hunt Meadows Elementary students and taught 

them the Egghead exercise. She used small dixie cups instead of

eggshells for the soil and grass seed.
 
 

“One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds."
~Dan Bennett~

 
The students had a lot of fun with this exercise. They 

really enjoyed drawing the faces on their cups.
Group of children holding up cups
Four young girls with drinks
Two of the students proudly show off their "Eggheads."
 
 
 

“There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before."
~Robert Lynd~





 
Rebecca had originally planned to plant 6 flats of pansies and 

violas, several potted pansies, and three ornamental cabbages 

in the 6 existing beds in the courtyard of 

Hunt Meadows Elementary School.
Young girl with a tray of growing plants

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