“Kinder Garden” Grows at Park Springs Elementary

March 25, 2025 • By David Volz

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[caption id="attachment_55110" align="alignnone" width="800"] A group of kindergartners work in the Kinder Garden at Park Springs Elementary School in Coral Springs. {David Volz}[/caption]

The kindergarten students at Park Springs Elementary School in Coral Springs are learning about plants, gardening, and working together.

The school created the “Kinder Garden” program, in which the school’s seven kindergarten classes plant and nurture various plants, such as herbs, tomatoes, fruits, and strawberries, in four garden beds.

According to Patricia Fraschetti, the kindergarten teacher at Park Springs who is leading the project, the children work together to maintain and water the plants. She developed a love for gardening through a similar project when she was a fourth-grade student at Tradewinds Elementary School.

The school raised $550 from the school’s Parent-Teacher Organization and $1,700 from DonorsChoose, a crowdfunding source. They began planting the garden on February 21.

“The kindergartners are learning about plants, how to respect each other and work together. They are developing social-emotional skills,” said Fraschetti.

Eventually, the kids will harvest their crops and enjoy tasting the fruits of their labor.

Park Springs Elementary is located at 5800 Northwest 66 Terrace.

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David Volz

David Volz has worked as a writer in South Florida for 35 years. He has written for the Sun-Sentinel, Hollywood Gazette, School Transportation News, South Dade News Leaders, Observer among others. He has an MA in Communications from Florida Atlantic University and a BA in Communications from Valparaiso University. Volz teaches Communications at Miami Dade College and Palm Beach State College. He lives in Coral Springs and enjoys running and participating in 5Ks and half-marathons.