WILD AND FREE

Wild and Free is our newest program, an outdoor nature-based experience for children, especially those whose lives have been compromised by poverty, food insecurity, and lack of opportunities.

Our main focus is on gardening and other outdoor experiences where kids work and play together, dig in the dirt, roll in the grass, build, explore, grow food, take nature walks, and attune themselves to the healing sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touch of the natural world.

Kids are steeped in nature and earth stewardship through engaging STEAM activities (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics)

SAMPLE ACTIVITIES

Building solar ovens

Learning about Native American practices

Baking bread in our outdoor wood-fired oven

Making nature collages, leaf prints & pressed flowers

Finding symmetry in nature

Writing in nature journals

Building bat boxes and sundials

Growing veggies, herbs, and flowers

Engaging in taste tests & cooking activities

Designing pollinator gardens

Making terrariums & fairy houses

Creating nature art photography

Enjoying nature scavenger hunts