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During the Depression, American schools experimented with outdoor classrooms and nature study. This photograph documents the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, where teachers brought lessons into the garden—combining fresh air, practical knowledge, and the belief that nature itself was a teacher.
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You step into the winter garden where a group of children gathers around their teacher. The bare branches frame the lesson; notebooks rest on laps as small hands point toward soil and plants. There's a quiet intensity here—learning that happens not in rows but in circles, rooted in earth.
Reflect
Where did you learn best as a child—inside a classroom or somewhere else entirely?