Kids Abloom

“Nature and children are natural playmates; they’re both wild and messy, unpredictable and beautiful.”
— Mark Hoelterhoff

We started Kids Abloom the year after Covid, in 2021. We have been working on it every season!

We have fenced in the space with a picket fence and built several features, but we have much more to do. We also have in place the puppet/music stage, TP play space and have the mud kitchen area ready for this year. Last year we added safe mulch for the kiddies, one of our Plot Farmers built a slide and our friends at Pointe Hardware built a book library! A section of our wheel-chair accessible nature trail already weaves through the Kids Abloom site.

We intend to finish the building of an attached patio pergola with a skylight and small pond this season. Some of the preliminary work for the deck is completed. We will have some amazing volunteer help coming in early June from American Axle to lay the sub floor and decking material!

Enjoy some of our “in-process” photos below. If you are interested in being part of Kids Abloom, fill out the form below. Since we started building our Kids Abloom children’s discovery garden in 2021, we have had a great deal of growing interest and support for this project.

We are looking for volunteers to offer health and nature-related classes and someone to be our activity director.

We want our children to: soar like eagles, reach for the stars, bloom like flowers, and transform like butterflies! Let’s take them outside where those things happen.


Let’s work together

Interested in working together? Fill out some info and we will be in touch shortly! We can't wait to hear from you!

Kids Abloom In progress

  • A playground entrance with a purple sign that reads 'Kids A Bloom,' surrounded by trees and a fence, with a gravel pathway leading into the play area.

    Dream it.

    So many hands have already made a statement at Kids Abloom. We now have a sign and entrance arbor. And it took quite an effort to carve out the nature trail, edge it, and fill it with crushed limestone.

  • Children playing at a colorful outdoor garden with a rainbow-colored musical wall, surrounded by a light green picket fence, with houses and trees in the background.

    Music & Puppet Stage

    What potential this corner has for fun and creativity! Our Plot Farmer Eugene, a Music Teacher constructed this.

  • A small wooden teepee-shaped structure with horizontal planks, situated outdoors on dirt ground, surrounded by trees and a light green picket fence.

    TeePee

    The kids love this Indian style teepee.

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