Who We Are: Our core intention at The Treehouse: a Forest Garden School is to develop whole human beings by surrounding them with an environment of beauty, security, creativity, and wonder. We have just launched and expanded to a new location in Milwaukie OR, after 11 years in inner SE Portland. With this move, we are expanding from 1 to 3 classrooms and inhabiting about 1/3 acre of green space to host a brilliant outdoor classroom, complete with an emerging food forest, permaculture learning garden, and more.
We are looking to hire teachers to join our program as we open up new classes.
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The Treehouse: a Forest Garden School is a nonprofit Waldorf-inspired program for children 6 weeks - 6 years, established in 2010. After a recent move and expansion from an in-home school, we are now stewarding a 1/3 acre just outside of Portland, Oregon where we are developing a food forest, permaculture learning garden, and offer a holistic education for children to truly thrive! Our core intention at The Treehouse is to develop curiosity by surrounding children with an environment of security, beauty, creativity, and wonder. We are a place where children learn to love themselves, others, and the earth as we engage the head, heart, and hands of each child. At The Treehouse, we support the child, their family, and their community. With our recent expansion to our new center, we have plans to start adult education through community workshops! We offer a unique opportunity for families as a state-certified center providing an indoor classroom dedicated to beauty and a fully equipped outdoor classroom in our forest garden where children will be outside in all weather for up to 6 ½ hours a day. Offering high-quality outdoor education has us pushing the envelope on what state-licensed schools typically offer. Treehouse’s program follows the local school year calendar for children 6 weeks - 6-year-olds and offers a Forest School Summer Program for children through the age of 12. We are eternally grateful for the resources that we have the opportunity to steward and have us striving to give back from our abundance.