African Garden

The African Garden is based on the cultures of our students and also the curriculum that is taught. 

While visiting the garden you may see a Giraffe nibbling on a bush or a family of Meerkats hiding by the Rose of Sharon.  The garden also features an authentic African Mask and a Garden Sun.

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Plants in the garden:

Click on the file below to learn more about the plants in our African Garden

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Mr. Giraffe

Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe and commonly depicted it in prehistoric rock and cave paintings.  The giraffe is the tallest living animal, uniquely adapted to reach vegetation inaccessible to other herbivores. They have a distinctive walking gait, moving both right legs forward, and then both left. At a gallop they can reach speeds of 35 miles an hour.  
Did you know that a Giraffes "horns" are actually knobs covered with skin and hair above the eyes that protect the head from injury?

             

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Meerkat Family

  Meerkats live in grasslined burrows in the Kalahari Desert and parts of Southern Africa. These burrows are shared with ground squirrels and Yellow Mongoose.  Meerkats are very territorial and they will defend their home from other Meerkat gangs.

Crazy Fact:  They have one toilet area that is used by all members of the gang.

  

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