Thinking did not go dormant inside the East High School greenhouse this winter.
Overlooking bare-branched trees etched on a landscape hinting at spring and the bustle of East Washington traffic, a working garden thrives. Extending from the school’s brick exterior and enclosed by tall, sloping windows, tiers of plants reach out to grab all the energy they can as the low-light days get a little brighter.
Since 1977, when Mary Klecker, the East High agriculture teacher, formed a horticulture class, this greenhouse has been a focal point of the Madison public schools’ only agriculture sciences program.