Hidden garden gives kids chance to get their hands dirty, learn skills

In Northside, there are plenty of sidewalks, homes and businesses, but green space isn't plentiful — yet, nestled behind a high, black fence on a main Northside street is a bit of an oasis. It's a plot of earth dedicated to trees, lawn and flowers, belonging to Happen Inc., a Cincinnati-based, non-profit that is child and family centered. Tucked into one corner of this plot is the Butterfly Garden, and on a random summer day, teenagers are tending to it as bees buzz between the zinnias and butterflies loll along the hedges of marigolds.