Wander & Root

About this program

Wander & Root is a farm and forest-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Jackson Springs, North Carolina, founded in June 2021. The organization's mission is simple yet powerful: cultivate joy, resiliency, and learning through nature play, with a vision of getting more children playing and learning outside. The program takes place on a 50-acre private homestead featuring a forested cove with splashing stream, mud kitchen, trail system, nature ninja course, fort-building area, rolling hill, campfire circle, an orchard, garden, chicken coop, makerspace, and a renovated antique one-room schoolhouse turned process art studio. Wander & Root welcomes families who traditionally school, homeschool, wildschool, unschool, and everything in between, recognizing that all children benefit from time immersed in nature.