What are the SproutCraft Sessions?

SproutCraft Sessions is a series of small-group art and nature workshops held in our home garden in the Historic Cathedral Neighborhood of Sioux Falls, designed for kids who love to create, explore, and ask questions about the world around them. We blend hands-on art projects with gentle, age-appropriate learning about where our food comes from and what’s happening under the leaves and below the soil. Kids won’t just see a garden – they’ll get to know it. 

In our first session, each student designs and decorates their own Outdoor Journal, a special notebook they’ll use like a young naturalist to record what they see, smell, touch, and discover in the garden. Future sessions build on this with projects like planting, painting, and crafting with nature-inspired materials. SproutCraft Sessions are geared toward roughly ages 9–12, last about 90–120 minutes.