EXPERIENCE
WILD ROSE FARM

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

SARAH BETH CHADZYNSKI

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Sarah Beth is a life-long educator and is a soon-to-be graduate of Antioch University's Master's in Education for Sustainability program. During her time at Antioch, she has worked with a variety of well known educators that are on the cutting edge of pedagogical development.  Sarah Beth has worked with David Sobel to develop the curriculum of this program. Her undergraduate degree was a B.F.A in education which has given her a variety of teaching strategies and exposed her to Project Zero. Over the last ten plus years, Sarah has worked in a variety of learning environments from schools to community centers in both the United States as well as abroad. She has developed her teaching portfolio to include expanded learning in Gentle Teaching Methods as well as the International Baccalaureate program. Sarah, along with her partner Peter, are co-directors of their educational non-profit that has brought learning gardens coupled with curriculum development to schools across the nation and has now found its roots sinking deep into New England with sustainable farming and place-based learning.

NICOLE COLVIN-GRIFFIN

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Nicole brings over 20 years of experience working with children. Her past teaching experiences include a pioneering Waldorf School in Bloomington, IN and a Montessori School in Chesterton, IN, where her work focused on Art & Nature. Nicole has also developed and guided her own educational programs in Lexington, MA & Wilton, NH and provided hands-on environmental education for many years as an educator/program coordinator at PMEC in Amherst, NH. Nicole loves being with the children in the sunshine and forest at Wild Rose Farm, where she has co-guided, with Farmer Lincoln, the afterschool program as well as founding the 'Rosebuds' Program for the youngest adventurers.

LINCOLN GEIGER

Biodynamic Farmer, Founder of Wild Rose Farm, Guide

Lincoln Geiger is founder of Wild Rose Farm, home of its parent organization, Gaia Education Outreach (GEO) Institute. He grew up in rural southern Sweden, where the land with its ancient roots was still alive in its people. He started farming at the age of 18, inspired by the ways of his village and the vibrant Swedish Biodynamic movement, which he joined for a life dedicated for a renewal of agriculture. He inspired and created the Swedish collective Mother Earth with his brother Chris where he worked as gardener, farmer and miller for seven years. In 1979 he immigrated to Temple, New Hampshire where he started a small farm, and in 1986 co-founded the Temple-Wilton Community Farm (TWCF) which helped spark the idea of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the US. Working there with the dairy cows, the pastures and hay lands for over 30 years, he always invited children as well as adults to join him in the work on the farm. Now working as the Director and Farmer/Educator of Wild Rose Farm NH/Gaia Education Outreach (GEO) Institute, he shares with the children knowledge and stories of his beloved farm, fields and forests every day.

ZOË WROTEN-HEINZMANN

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Zoë's favorite way to spend her days is outside with children, whether exploring trails in the Monadnock region, stargazing in her backyard, or discovering hidden parks and playgrounds in cities around the world. She is excited to share her enthusiasm for the outdoors, love of adventure, and her training in Early Childhood Education with the children of Wild Rose Farm. 

When she's not having adventures with her husband and two children (or even sometimes when she is), Zoë works as the Director of Religious Education at the Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church and is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Monadnock Underground, 'A Journal of Thought and Spirit'.