(KAIR)--Students at Atchison's Central School are preparing to get their hands dirty, courtesy of a grant allowing them to gain first-hand experience with gardening.

According to a social media post from Atchison's USD 409, the grant was provided to the school in order to begin a Kansas Prairie Garden.

The release says the students, during the past week, spent time cleaning out the area where the garden will be planted, with time also spent designing the look of the garden.

A key to beginning the garden is, as the students are learning, researching plants, and the size they achieve, in order to make certain they'll fit with the garden.