Morna (she/her) co-founder/lead teacher specialized in Early Childhood Development for a BS in Social Work and has over 20 years experience working in Waldorf, Montessori, Reggio, and Forest School environments as a nature based educator,  Certified Peaceful Parenting Coach, and Conscious Discipline Teacher Trainer. Morna is a lead teacher at Children's Garden on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Morna is a 200 hour Certified Yoga Teacher and a 100 hour Certified Children's Yoga Teacher and the co-creator of Hola Yoga - a bilingual yoga class for young learners. She is also the co-founder of Heart & Soul where she facilitates parenting classes, women's circles and nature connection retreats for mothers in the community. 

Ben (he/him) co-founder/director/administrator has decades of experience teaching children from ages 2 - 18 and was a certified elementary, middle school, and high school science teacher for 15 years where he created educational gardens and a deep ecology curriculum in several public schools and also as a science teacher at the Firelight Academy for Homeschoolers. Ben enjoyed several years as a preschool teacher at Unity Preschool and nothing gives home greater joy than the delight of children learning and playing in the garden. He has traveled the world as a teacher and trained wilderness guide with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Ben has served as a director of Children's Garden since 2011.

Ben has a gift of creating inspiring curriculum of what he's learned about the natural world with children and helping them experience a deeper connection to that world. Ben is certified in Permaculture Design and he is committed to living a regenerative lifestyle. He is a prolific organic gardener and loves to feed his friends and family with lots of home grown veggies.
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Ben and Morna have devoted their lives to children's education. Their combined experiences, passions, and unique specialties create an optimal learning environment for children of all ages. They originally started the Children's Garden Learning Community in 2011 with the dream of creating a holistic and inspiring learning experience for their son Liam and the children in the local community. Now over 15 years later the program continues to thrive in serving young children and their families.

Bluma (she/her) lead teacher holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and Arty History from the George Washington University in Washington, DC. She has earned teaching certificates in General Education K-8th grade, Art K- 12th grade, and a Montessori teaching credential ages 3 - 6.

 She discovered Waldorf education through a Farm and Forest Kindergarten workshop. Her love of nature and working to create beauty in the world led her to the Waldorf Applied Arts Handwork Teacher training at the Fibercraft Studio in NY. Bluma has utilized the therapeutic qualities of handwork and nature in many different educational facets and has taught children of all ages.

​Here's a video made by Issue TV of our Children's Garden in 2014:

"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together."
- Scott Hayden