Green thumbs aplenty can be found at Maggie Brown Middle School.

Students recently planted an assortment of fruits and vegetables in their school garden, which sits in a patch of grass located at the back of their campus at 32 Clark St.

Principal Dwight McDaniel introduced the garden to provide a hands-on learning experience for students.

“I started talking with my science teacher about doing more hands-on experiments with the kids. I'm a gardener, so I decided — we have a lot of space out here, I'll just start working out there with a couple of kids,” McDaniel said.

They started small, but over the course of three years, the garden grew and now features several raised boxes, planters and cages.

With Autumn quickly approaching, the garden is full of falltime produce such as squash, sw

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