Lost Corner Preserve Transforms Into Outdoor Classroom For Students

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SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- Lost Corner Preserve became an outdoor classroom for 103 Dunwoody Springs Elementary School first-graders, who visited Sandy Springs's newest park Thursday morning to learn about nature, gardening, history and beekeeping.

The field trip is a pilot program collaborated by Sandy Springs Recreation and Parks, Fulton County Schools, Friends of Lost Corner, Sandy Springs Education Force, Heritage Sandy Springs and Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce.

The students, along with their teachers and chaperones, experienced hands-on learning and were taught how to make butter, plant marigolds and observe nature both up close and from afar.

They also learned about the fascinating world inside a beehive, and sessions inside the bungalow gave them an idea of what it was like to live in the house when it was first built. The park’s walking trail exposed all to the plants and flowers native to the city, and the morning of learning was capped off by a picnic in the park.

Thursday's teaching staff included Mayor Rusty Paul, a third-generation beekeeper; Lost Corner master gardener Diana Woods; and Friends of Lost Corner historians and naturalists Cheryl Barlow, Trisha Thompson Fox and Rhonda Smith.

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