Our first outing: a neighborhood walk to the ECCO center native plant garden.

Phillip Bauerle, the Master Gardener Coordinator for Penn State Extension, gave us a tour of the native plant garden at Larimer's ECCO Center. He pointed out the trees, flowers, and shrubs that will soon be bursting with color.

Here a LUNA participant is taking a closer look at the leaves starting to unfurl on this plant.

This LUNA participant is on his way to becoming a naturalist!

A Phipps educator taught us about pollinators and planting wildflowers we could bring home.

Students compose leaves using an overhead projector for a test banner.

A student draws the projected leaves onto a banner.

Students practice painting on smaller banners before tackling the 30" x 60" banners.

LUNA director Ann Rosenthal helps a student stencil the Magnolia banner.