School’s learning garden is about more than just plants

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – With the addition of a new Captain Planet Learning Garden this week, Nardin Academy’s “Sustainable Nardin” initiative took a big step forward. The program, now in its third year, teaches students about the environment through project-based learning in the classroom.
The new garden joins an already vibrant pollination garden on the school’s grounds visible from Cleveland Drive in the Elmwood Village. Seventh graders at Nardin use milk weed from