Tree Planting Week....

The children of Tender Leaf Preschool are enjoying a week of tree planting.  Tender Leaf has been given six fruit trees to add to its play yard:  a pair of mulberry trees, two pear trees (Bartlett and Asian), a cherry tree and a persimmon tree.  The children especially enjoy digging the large holes (and future homes) to our baby trees and playing with the rich soft soil in the Tender Leaf Play yard and garden.  

Tender Leaf would especially like to say a big Thank You to Radha, owner of Doak Creek Native Plant Nursery of Eugene, OR, who has donated many native plants and a dozen blueberry bushes to landscape our preschool.  An essential part of Neo-Humanist education, the children grow more love and compassion to the trees and plants by learning about and taking care of their leafy friends. 

  

  

If you would like to donate to Tender Leaf Preschool's gardening program please contact us at hello(at)tenderleaf.org or visit our website at www.tenderleaf.org.

The story of the bees...

Truely bee "keeping"...

When Didi and Jiivapriya moved to Canby Street, they were surprised to find that there were tenants already living at the new location of Tender Leaf Preschool... 10,000 of them.   A large colony of Italian Honeybees were living in a large, almost fully dead, Maple tree in the play yard.

The fate of the honey bees looked grim, as certification requirements called for the large dying tree to be removed from the play yard due to safety concerns.  Even more solemn, were the words "extermination fee" scrawled upon the Maple tree removal plans of several local arborists.

For many days, we were perplexed... torn between certification requirements and the desire to keep the bees and their long lived hive... when our kind-hearted carpenter, Marc, and his bee-keeping wife, came forward to help us.  Passionate about saving the bees, Marc found a way to salvage the beehive, contain the bees, and to simultaneously protect the arborist as the needed dead trunk and branch removal took place.  Using a mesh screen and a smoker to calm the bees, Marc was able to contain the colony as almost all of the Maple was cut down.  At the end of the day, all participants, including the bees were safe.  A 7-foot Maple trunk remains for the honeybees of Tender Leaf where they can be seen busy at work and where they add on their new role as "teachers" in our nature study curriculum.  

Save The Date!!!!

Fall Enrollment for Tender Leaf Preschool is Now Open!
Come to our Open House and meet teachers Didi and Jiiva, tour our facility, and enjoy some vegan whole food treats.  Our open house is designed to give you and your family an experience of our philosophy and curriculum.

When:  Sunday August 14th from 10:30 - 11:30 am
                                      AND
            Sunday August 21st from 10:30 - 11:30 am

Where:  Tender Leaf Preschool, 2028 SW Canby Street, 97219
Who:  The whole family is welcome

PLEASE RSVP:  hello(at)tenderleaf.org   503.922.0045

Come See Tender Leaf Preschool

Our preschool has all the charms of home with a spacious yard and garden for your child to explore...