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Welcome to our new campus - 75 acres
Includes a stream, prairie ridges, Burr Oak Savanna trails and an open hollow among rolling Loess Hills.
18057 Mahogany Road Honey Creek - 51542.
The Threshold - entrance to nature learning
The former Stanley's will be our Threshold
A planning and provisions area for teachers and visiting naturalists, artists, community resource supporters, and educators. The open space between Stanley's and Old Lincoln Highway is waiting for community gardens and athletics.
View from the windows of possible temporary classrooms
Our on-ramp to setting up a unique learning environment may begin with temporary classrooms.
On the other side of Stanley's, there is ample space to install temporary classrooms that look towards the nature preserve.
The main entrance to the natural preserve of learning
This is where outdoor learning and community gathering begins
An open pathway allows children and off-track safety vehicles to access the natural preserve.
Simon Run Creek winds through the property
Gently moving peekaboo stream
Gently moving peekaboo stream
Gently moving peekaboo stream
How might we modify the greenery to give children better access to the water to gather samples, discover organisms, or to look down and see their reflection?
Still, shallow water
Gently moving peekaboo stream
Gently moving peekaboo stream
How does the water activate a child's imagination? What stories might emerge? Will we spot our resident turtle and blue heron?
The Hollow
A destination of open generous space
Enveloped by graceful trees and hillside
Enveloped by graceful trees and hillside
The hollow invites coming together. Some imagine a pavilion. Others a bonfire. Others impromptu games or a music recital.
Enveloped by graceful trees and hillside
Enveloped by graceful trees and hillside
Enveloped by graceful trees and hillside
As we exit the hollow, we move towards the edge of rising grassy hillsides. These transitions from one natural formation to the next capture our attention.
Glancing back towards Stanley's
Athletic field from the preserve
Athletic field from the preserve
Athletic field from the preserve
The trees behind us open, and we catch a glimpse of the athletic field surrounded by the distant hills.
Athletic field from Stanley's
Athletic field from the preserve
Athletic field from the preserve
Flat, open space has allure. How might it support creative children who want to grow the plants they are studying? Or build an outdoor racetrack for their car designs?
Ridgeline Trail
Approaching a ridgeline
Following it up and down
Following it up and down
Open space, kept cropped by grandmother goats, now in retirement from Honey Creek Creamery, are still keeping the land open and healthy.
Following it up and down
Following it up and down
Following it up and down
The ridgeline is an access route that rolls under the feet and opens as far as the eye can see.
The highest point
Race to the top of the world
Our learning partners are very close
Our learning partners are very close
Reaching the highest point. The minute they see it, children know where they want to be.
Our learning partners are very close
Our learning partners are very close
Our learning partners are very close
There, in the distance, is Simon Run, Crescent Hill, and Hitchcock Nature Center. So near. We can't wait to go to Hitchcock and see our favorite naturalist.