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Article updated: 6/20/2011 4:37 PM

Grant helps Rolling Meadows school’s butterfly garden bloom

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Onlookers view the butterfly garden at the John G. Conyers Learning Academy, made possible by the Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program.

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Hello in there! An early childhood student helps provide the labor needed to beautify the school grounds.

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Creating a butterfly garden allowed students to put to use the knowledge and skills they acquired in May during a monthlong study of gardening.

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More than 400 early childhood students provided the labor and love needed to beautify the John G. Conyers Learning Academy grounds.

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Rolling Meadows' John G. Conyers Learning Academy is about to burst out in color for the summer.That’s because the academy has finished planting its new butterfly garden.