Redeemer Nature Gardens

An Outdoor Classroom and Science Enrichment Program

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

EcoHeroes

Todays EcoHeroes middle school class transplanted baby agaves for our plant sale.

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About Us

“In order for children to care about the environment, they must experience nature. What better place than on the school playground?”

At Redeemer Lutheran School, an acre of gardens and nature areas provides hands‐on experiences which guide children to be good stewards of our natural blessings. To support our outdoor program, students attend the Rainbow Room, our environmental education classroom for 375 preschool to 5th grade children.

Twenty-one Eagle scouts have obtained their rank by completing Nature Gardens projects. Our program was awarded a 2006 SeaWorld Environmental Excellence Award, the 2004 Junior Master Gardener Group of the Year, designated a Schoolyard Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation, and a Best of Texas Backyard Habitat. Our environmental education teacher received the 2008 John Arhns award for Environmental Education from Austin Children in Nature, and the 2005 Junior Master Gardener Teacher of the Year award.

The Nature Gardens program is supported by generous Redeemer Church and School volunteers and funds from Dell, IBM, Best Buy, the National Gardening Association,Thrivant for Lutherans, the Community Hospital Foundation and other sources. Our school has been the focus of the longest study of the importance of play and developmentally appropriate playgrounds in the United States: the University of Texas Play and Playground Research Project. Creator of the project, Dr. Joe Frost, the Parker Centennial Professor Emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin is studying our outdoor learning environment that combines play and nature and is fully integrated into the school curriculum.

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