Autor: Wendy Banning

Wendy Banning is program director of Irvin Learning Farm, a hands-on outdoor learning program for children and adults sited on Triangle Land Conservancy’s Irvin Farm Preserve. She is an educational consultant, trainer, and photographer, as well as an experienced teacher. Wendy co-founded an independent school in Chatham County, North Carolina, where she directed, taught, and trained teachers for fourteen years and where children spent several hours outdoors every day. A member of the North Carolina Outdoor Learning Environments Alliance, she is committed to quality outdoor learning environments and experiences for children.Ginny Sullivan is a designer, teacher-educator, and co-principal of Learning by the Yard (learningbytheyard.com). She has taught and trained teachers at university laboratory schools, run a cooperative preschool, and directed an elementary school focused on the arts. As a design consultant, she has developed outdoor learning environments and trained teachers for Smart Start, Head Start, child care centers, and both public and private K-12 schools. Ginny completed her undergraduate work at Stanford University, received an MEd from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and holds an MA in landscape design from the Conway School of Landscape Design. Ginny lives and works in western Masachusetts.