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Raised gardens are equipped with cage enclosures to keep the peacocks out. KERRY FIRTH PHOTOS

Grow forth

It started with a low-income retiree struggling to grow a garden behind a church parking lot. What has blossomed is a thriving community garden that provides fresh vegetables to about 1,000 people each week.

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Students take their fleet to the Indian River Lagoon while learning how to navigate the water and wind. YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION

Sail on

You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust the sails,” is an adage that’s valuable on sea and land.

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Read more about the article DATEBOOK –  Spring 2025
French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950 is on display at the Vero Beach Museum of Art Feb. 1 through June 22. The display features 59 paintings and sculptures from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection of European art and includes works by Cezanne, Chagall, Degas, Matisse, Monet, Rodin and many others. Above, senior Brooklyn Museum curator Lisa Small gives a tour of the exhibit- ion while standing in front of Degas’ Nude Woman Drying Herself.

DATEBOOK – Spring 2025

Upcoming Events: March 2 – May 3, 2025

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Professor David Muller enjoys entertaining his students at IRSC while teaching them the fundamentals of English composition.

Fun-damentals

For Professor David Muller, teaching English composition at Indian River State College involves the usual reading and writing — as well as lots of fun.

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Brandy Nelson teaches environmental science from her outdoor lagoon classroom. KERRY FIRTH

Wild ideas

While most high school students are sitting at desks during classes, students enrolled in the Environmental and Marine Program at St. Edward’s Upper School are wading and snorkeling in the Indian River Lagoon, hiking through flatwood forests and cultivating oysters and clams.

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