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1180 Foster Avenue, Arcata, CA 95521Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. · Tuesday and Thursday full days: until 3:00 p.m. · Saturday and Sunday: ClosedMonday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Fall enrollment opens in January(707) 555-0106

The team

The teachers who lead the forest days

The lead teachers plan the forest days and stay with the group from the barn door to pickup.

  • Litzy Nolasco, director and teacher, watering a shelf of seedlings in a sunny room

    Litzy Nolasco

    Director and teacher

    Runs the school and leads farm day, when the group visits the hens and goats next door. She speaks Spanish and English with the children and families.

  • Merlin Bardwell, teacher, at a low table of wooden puzzles

    Merlin Bardwell

    Teacher

    Leads woods day and meadow day. Walks the site each morning before the children arrive and keeps the first aid kits stocked.

  • Lorene Rainwater, teacher and garden lead, seated on a log bench under an oak

    Lorene Rainwater

    Teacher and garden lead

    Leads marsh path day and the garden and kitchen day. Keeps the beds and the mud kitchen going all year and plans the afternoon projects.

Languages

Who speaks what

Every day is led in English. Litzy also speaks Spanish with the children and families who would like it.

  • Languages at Redwood Hollow

    • English, every day
    • Spanish, with Litzy Nolasco

Sample credentials.

Meet the teachers on a tour

Tours happen on forest mornings, so you see them at work.