Small dendrologists and silviculturalists head out into the woods of County Farm Park. Armed with clipboards and measuring tape, they assess the age of the trees they find. Other children are planning a garden, researching, mapping, measuring and planting. There are studies delving into taxonomy and the classifications of life, students are pulling out the microscopes and examining plant cells and experimenting with plant growth under different conditions. They are taking imaginative journeys to Monet's garden at Giverny, the bocage of Normandy and the Roman poet Horace's farm in the Sabine hills. An enormous garden mural is taking shape as the month blossoms...