Eight-year-old Maya Gross of Dallas held a watering can as she wandered through the crowd of kids. They were pretending to be plants in her garden, and she was pretending to give them a drink.

Oh, and what a wild garden it was! Some of the kids held signs indicated they were “Witches Wort,” or “Belching Huckleberry” or “Ghost Nettle.”

Then another group of kids came along, representing the annoyed townsfolk. They held signs like “Mow it Down,” “Neat and Clean” and “Final Warning.”

By the time the youngsters — all of whom had all taken part in the 8-week Arts in Motion Summer Camp at the Annamaly Gallery at 900 Rutter Ave. in Forty Fort — had finished acting out “Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden” early Thursday afternoon, everyone could see the message of the little play was that there’s roo

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