A Japanese Garden Grows in Putney

With major financial help from PCS’s PTO, supplemented by funds from our School Board, Putney Central took on a project to build ourselves our own Japanese garden. The entire school community, both adults and children, donated their time, effort, plants, stones, and labor to make it a reality.

In the spring of 2005, students studied the concepts of the traditional Japanese garden in their art classes and then proceeded to design their own garden. Keeping true to these concepts students recognized the need to adapt it to the needs of northern New England climate and plants. From these designs a master plan was drawn up that was faithful to our student designs. Read more