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Learning can take place in all sorts of different places, and a greenhouse is one of them.
For seven years, the budding greenhouse at Mattawa’s F.J. McElligott Secondary School has provided students with various horticultural and life skills.
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“I really liked working in F.J.’s greenhouse because we were outside and got to do hands-on work,” said Grade 10 student Nic Guenette. “I learned about soil, plants and how much everyone loves the greenhouse. I would like to do it again next year.”
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