Saddle Rock Planted At Steppingstone Park

Commissioner Daniel M. Nachmanoff leads the group of students as they enter the park. (Photos by Michele Siegel) — Commissioner Daniel M. Nachmanoff leads the group of students as they enter the park.
(Photos by Michele Siegel)

The Great Neck Park District and fourth graders from Saddle Rock Elementary School joined forces earlier this month for what has become an annual event.

The fourth graders from Saddle Rock Elementary School did a wonderful job planting the bulbs that they look forward to seeing pop up in the springtime.

Students, teachers, parents, Park District Commissioners Robert A. Lincoln, Jr., Daniel M. Nachmanoff and Frank S. Cilluffo,

Deputy Superintendent Lisa Goldberg, Steppingstone Park Supervisor Curtis Phillips and Park Maintainers Peter Ojemke and Nick Martakis had a wonderful time cultivating their green thumbs.

The Park District staff provided the gloves, digging tools, tulip bulbs and their skillful expertise. Park Supervisor Phillips guided and directed the children on where and how to plant the flowers.

A student gardener shows the Park District’s Deputy Superintendent Lisa Goldberg something interesting.

It’s a wonderful experience for the children to plant something, nurture it and watch it grow. The children will see the fruits of their labor in the springtime when the flowers planted sprout.