Location:

At Tiny Green Trees, the land on which we play and learn includes Doyne Park, a 35-acre green space in the Story Hill neighborhood. The park is bordered in the north by the Menomonee River. For centuries, this patch of land was under the domain of the Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Odawa, Fox, Ho-Chunk, Menomonie, Sauk, and Oneida nations. In recent history, it served as a horse farm and a stone quarry. It was designated a county park in 1964. Today, a portion of the Oak Leaf Trail runs through it.  

Place-based: 

Our program uses a place-based approach to nature education. That means that we learn about the natural world by experiencing it directly. Our use of the land includes time to play and wonder. We learn the names of the plants and trees around us.  We rest on the ground, we look at the sky. We run, we climb, we listen to stories. We experience the land in every season and in all weathers. In doing so, we deepen our own connection to Place, and come to understand that we are a part of nature, and that nature is a part of us.