Spring signals a time of change, birth, and renewal. With that inspiration, Maysie's Farm is about to embark on a new endeavor: the creation of a beautiful children's garden. Thanks to the hard work of our interns, the once overgrown hedgerow between the Barnyard Garden and the Below Lawn beds has been cleared of multiflora rose, vines, poison ivy, and stinging nettle.

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In its place we will build an area dedicated to our little ones, so they may explore and utilize their senses and imagination. We plan on incorporating four areas into the design.

• We'll have a tepee garden comprised of bamboo poles in the shape of a tepee covered with scarlet runner bean and Jack-be-Little pumpkins. This area will also contain strawflowers, marigolds, sunflowers, and radishes.
  
• Another area will be dedicated to attracting butterflies and birds. We envision a birdbath, bird feeder, and bench surrounded by nasturtiums, zinnias, celosia, nicotiana, cosmos, and sunflowers.
  
• A third area will have a sunflower house and inside there will be a table and stumps for children to sit on in the shade of the sunflowers.
  
• We will also have an area dedicated to perennial plants.

On Thursday, May 24th, students from King's Highway Elementary School's GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Club will come to the farm to help plant seeds for this garden. Anyone wishing to help may come to the farm at 4 p.m. that day or you may contact our volunteer coordinator, Cathy Fornwalt (610-363-0892), to inquire about assisting in the creation of the garden at some other time. We would like to thank Waterloo Gardens for donating materials totaling $50. Other items we need for the project can be found in our wish list.