The Village Playgarden is rooted in love.
Love of children.
Love of Mother Earth.
Love of community.
Our Programs
Village Playgarden is a holistic farm and forest early childhood program nestled in the foothills of Altadena, California. Our preschool, kindergarten, childcare, and summer programming is an outdoor early childhood experience and intentional community for children aged 2 through 7 years old. Our work is rooted in the traditions of Lifeways Waldorf early childhood education, inclusive and anti-biased curriculum, nonviolent conscious parenting, place-based outdoor education, and regenerative farming.
School year 2024 - 2025 (and current school year 2023 - 2024) we offer two separately licensed childcare classrooms situated on two nearby properties: Skylane classroom and Canon classroom.
School year 2025 - 2026: We are in the process of turning the Canon property into two classrooms under one child care center license for children 2.9 to 4.5, and the Skylane classroom will offer programming for children 4.5 to 7 years old following a Forest Kindergarten and Waldorf inspired pedagogy.
Our Staff
Village Playgarden faculty and staff is a culturally and racially diverse community of professionals committed to the whole well-being of young children and their families. Our faculty is engaged in constant professional development and the deep study of child and human development, including; training and education in Waldorf early childhood teacher certification; and the latest knowledge and wisdom in developmental neuroscience and sensory integration; nonviolent and compassionate communication, relationship-based community building; developmentally appropriate anti-biased and anti-racist curriculum. But most importantly our faculty has an authentic love for young children with a passion for supporting their families. In addition to the faculty, our community is run by dedicated administrative staff who work to facilitate your positive experience at Village; and a Wildseed Farm and Healthy Food Program team that keeps our regenerative relationship with the land alive and our community nourished.
Support our mission
Your contribution will support the expansion of our unique, nature-based educational model rooted in sustainable community building, inclusivity, diversity, anti-racism, and regenerative farming. Our programs build the capacity of children and their parents to reimagine our world. This is the time to invest in places that hold the hope and possibility for a better future and a better world.