Cedar Lane Horticulture Program to Host Plant Event, May 19-20, 2023

May 2nd, 2023

Students in Dallas Rosenthal’s horticulture classes at the Cedar Lane School (CLS) have been hard at work growing and organizing plants for the school’s first public plant event in several years. The event will take place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20 in front of the Cedar Lane School, 11630 Scaggsville Road, Fulton.

Open to the public, the plant event will feature a wide variety of plants, including annuals, perennials, succulents, house plants, herbs, and more that attendees can take home with them. Those wishing to bring home a plant are encouraged to make a donation (via cash or a check made out to Cedar Lane School), which will be used to purchase soil and other supplies to support the CLS horticulture program.

“This is a great opportunity to see and support the work our horticulture classes have been doing, and to help us to continue to build our horticulture program,” Rosenthal says.

The program provides CLS students with a range of practical, hands-on learning experiences.

“Students are learning skills like seeding and watering plants and preparing pots and tools that they can use at home or in the workplace,” explains Rosenthal.

At the same time, the program taps into many CLS students’ need for sensory input.

“Our students are neurodiverse. By giving them different ways to interact with plants – by reading about them, touching them, smelling them – we are helping to address their unique needs.”

For more information about the plant event and the Cedar Lane horticulture program, email Dallas Rosenthal.