Emma Lorusso, project director for the Androscoggin Valley Soil & Water Conservation District, leads third graders Thursday through a pollinator activity on Plant a Seed Day, at Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond. Lorusso brings environmental programming to the school throughout the year. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Prekindergarten teacher Michelle Dorman helps student Wyatt Beckim on Thursday during Plant a Seed Day, at Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Garden Steward Educator Tina Wood hands an onion seed to a prekindergarten student Thursday during Plant a Seed Day, at Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Garden Steward Educator Tina Wood assists prekindergarten students Thursday who are planting seedlings in a garden during Plant a Seed Day, at Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Garden Steward Educator Tina Wood and prekindergarten students plant onion seeds Thursday during Plant a Seed Day, at Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Third grader Alanna McFarland participates in a pollinator activity Thursday during Plant a Seed Day, at Marcia Buker Elementary in Richmond. Watching from the left: event organizer Emma Lorusso, project director for the Androscoggin Valley Soil & Water Conservation District. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
Garden Steward Educator Tina Wood, left, who also works as a special education ed tech at Marcia Buker Elementary School, guides students Thursday who are planting seeds during Plant a Seed Day, at the school in Richmond. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel
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