Planting beans, marigolds and some purple pansies

Today we had a great "Little Sprouts" class with the Community School program. 10 students joined us on a wet but warmish afternoon. We started by planting beans and marigolds in a pattern (bean, marigold, marigold, bean) in long planter trays, sitting outside but underneath the school entrance area to avoid the rain. Then it looked a bit brighter so we walked around back to the Garden where friends planted more marigolds and some purple pansies, watered the new plantings, and also listened to a great gardening tale from the Frog and Toad stories - the one where Toad yells at his seeds to grow! We didn't have to do any yelling - everything is growing really well in the Kennedy Longfellow garden. Next week we hope to make some planters and see plant two Clematis vines that will be beautiful in the summertime.