When: Thursday, october 17 at 9:30 am
Where: local garden in bath
age group: designed for kids ages 2-5, siblings always welcome
Join Emily with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust at LOCAL Garden in Bath to have fun with orange vegetables! We will begin with a story at the garden to learn about fall gardens, then we will get our hands dirty and pull carrots - the final harvest for our community garden. Bring your own pumpkin, any size will do, and we’ll do some pumpkin painting to celebrate fall in Maine.
Stay a while after our Forest Playgroup at our brand new children’s garden play area - with imaginative toadstool seats, a free little library full of children’s books, and a toddler-sized hobbit house and play kitchen. Your little one won’t want to leave!
Accessibility notes: The garden is a fenced-in, accessible spot for all ages and abilities. This is a great forest playgroup for anyone who has trouble with narrow, winding trails - there is grass, picnic tables, and plenty of free space to explore.
To get to LOCAL Garden:
GPS Address: 63 Lemont Street, Bath ME 04530
To get to the parking lot : https://maps.app.goo.gl/yqSQD3J9RXHVrGxh9
About Forest Playgroup:
Southern Midcoast Forest Playgroup is a collaboration between families with young children and the land trusts in southern midcoast. Every Thursday morning from 9:30 - 11:00 am, a different land trust hosts a hike, exploration, or activity for kids and parents interested in forest preschool-style learning. Always free, always open to the public! It's organized by parents who are passionate about these kinds of opportunities, as opposed to led by the land trusts. KELT ends up hosting about once a month (summer off because everyone's busy). Here's how they say it on their facebook group:
The Forest Playgroup is a program that aims to provide a space for like-aged children to explore, learn and interact outside. Integrating principles from child-led educational models, our program has activities to support our children’s natural curiosity and developmental learning. With a holistic, family-focus, we are working to cultivate a positive, active and inspiring culture for parents and fill an important niche within our community.
The Southern Midcoast Branch is the 4th Forest Playgroup branch in Maine alone offering free weekly outdoor adventures every Thursday morning for young children and their families.
