Sprouts Garden Preschool

Sprouts Garden Preschool is a garden & nature-based preschool program serving 3-5 year olds that puts nature and plants at the heart of the program. 

Sprouts Preschool Highlights:

• Income-based tuition
• Financial assistance available
• Small teacher to student ratio (1:4 for 3-year-olds and 1:6 for 4-year-olds)
• Before & after care
• full & half day sessions
• 80% of class time is spent outdoors
• Child-led & nature-based curriculum of play and hands-on experiences
• Guided by skilled early childhood and environmental educators

2024-2025 School Year 

Click the button above to complete our enrollment application for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Students should enroll in the class based on their age on Sept 1st and must be 3 (Sunflower & Clover Classes) or 4 (Alfalfa & Brussels Classes) by Sept 1, 2024 to enroll.

Read our Family Handbook, and contact sproutspreschool@monkgardens.org if you have any questions!  

3-year-old Classes:
Sunflower Sprouts: Mon/Wed/Fri 8:30-11:30am class
Clover Sprouts: Tues & Thurs 8:30-11:30am (full for 2024-2025)

4-year-old Classes:
Chickpea Sprouts: Mon-Fri 8:30-11:30am
Alfalfa Sprouts: Mon-Fri 12:30-3:30pm
Brussels Sprouts: Mon-Fri 8:30am-3:30pm (NEW full-day class)

Add-ons:
Before-school Care: 7:45-8:30am (for Sunflower, Clover, & Brussels Sprouts)
After-school Care: 3:30-5:30pm (for Alfalfa & Brussels Sprouts)

Enrollment Process & Other Need-to-Know Information 

Our enrollment application is sent to current families and Gardens members on Feb 1st and is open for all on Feb 8th. The deadline for priority consideration for classes is March 15. Enrollment requires a commitment to the full September through May school year.

Starting March 15, class spots are filled based on your preferred class, returning students/alumni siblings, members, and need for financial assistance (we hold 25% of class spots for families needing assistance).

A one-month tuition deposit is required to secure your child’s spot in class within two weeks of class placement, and all enrollment paperwork is due within two weeks of deposit payment.

• Enrollment applications are accepted regardless of race, color, sex, religion, disability, political affiliation, and national origin. Sprouts is a program of Monk Botanical Gardens and under the Gardens’ values and inclusivity statement.
• Sprouts students need to be potty-trained and independent in the bathroom.
• Each family enrolled will receive a family membership to Monk Botanical Gardens. If you have a current membership, your membership will have an added year.

Sponsored By:

My wife, Dana, and I have been thoroughly impressed by the Monk Botanical Garden’s Sprouts Preschool program so far this year. Our son (5-year-old Elias) leaves home excited for school (that’s saying something!) and comes home thrilled and full of stories. The freedom in nature that is given to the children is something we value highly and deem as important for foundational shaping and learning. – Brad Moore