James McCarron

James McCarron has taught art in Bernardsville, New Jersey, for 25 years and has incorporated a love of nature, gardening, and conservation into his art classes. He turned an unused courtyard into a vegetable garden and greenhouse, creating a micro-eco-system that incorporates New Jersey native plants and trees in this oasis for the community. A high-school senior who came back to work in the garden said, “he brings art, nature, conserva-tion, environmental awareness, and respect into his classroom.”