PHOTO GALLERY : NewGate students plant salsa garden

Children listen to master gardener Melba Watts talk about gardening.

Skyler Vargas, 9, pats down the earth around the plant she just planted.

Nina Edelsbacher, 10, digs a hole to place her plant.

Lily Moore, 10, gets ready to place a plant in the hole she dug.

Evan Angeleri, 9, waters the plants.

Upper elementary school students at NewGate planted a salsa garden

Brooke Mantone, 11, learns how to plant cilantro, tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers.

Students Andrew Florio, Aiden Pearson, Skyler Vargas and Bianca Drobny are excited about their new garden.

Aiden Pearson spends his recess working on the salsa garden.

Blake Henderson, 11, learns how to garden.