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"The outdoors offers limitless potential to young children. It becomes a place where they can go to relax their mind, to be inspired and to deep dive into the world of imagination. It's a place where they can design, create and explore. The possibilities are endless." ~Angela Hanscom
The Grounds
Language Garden is located in southeast Atlanta on the grounds of the Atlanta Mennonite Church but is not affiliated with the church or any religion.
We have full use of a 3-acre wooded pasture with outdoor classrooms and an active gardening area. You’ll see vegetable beds that our children tend and stump circles where they gather for stories and songs—plus picnic tables, sand boxes, wooded paths, shaded hammocks, and many coveted swings.
While we spend the majority of our time outdoors, we do have access to an auxiliary building with offices, kitchen, bathrooms, and classroom spaces for use during extreme weather conditions.
Our Neighbors
Our campus is shared by the Atlanta Mennonite Church, the Paideia Urban Agriculture program and The Friendship Center.
The Atlanta Mennonite Church meets on Sundays and participates in stewarding the land.
The Paideia Urban Agriculture program is run by three farmers who are on campus daily. They regularly host Paideia students (1st-12th grade) on site to work and learn in their greenhouses and farm plots. Sometimes you may see the Paideia bus in our parking lot.
The Friendship Center is Holy Comforter Episcopal Church’s program serving adults with developmental disabilities. They typically meet in the barn.
Our organizations work as partners, and we have a monthly meeting to make sure we are all sharing the space well as a community.
Pumpkin Patch
Each October, the Language Garden partners with the Paideia Urban Agriculture program to host a front-lawn pumpkin patch as a joint fundraiser. The pumpkins are grown by Navajo farmers in New Mexico, and we sell them on consignment. They arrive in early October and are on sale until they’re gone! This fundraiser helps cover costs of improvements to our outdoor space.
