Berczy Park

fellow volunteer Bill Schuett guides a student

Berczy Park is like an old friend to me: familiar as the place I used to eat my lunch when working downtown, but looking a bit worse for wear now, as I revisit with a group of school children from the local Downtown Alternative School on a field trip with Focus on Nature and 8-80 Cities.

We asked the students to use their cameras to do nature studies, plus express what they liked and didn't like about the place: how the park makes them feel.

photo by Saskia

photo by Rinad

photo by Sam

These young photographers were really great. They zoomed in on the pigeons, pine cones and flowers, while ignoring the drab concrete and rusty benches. They found beauty in nature even where there was little to be had. Nice work, Guys!