Village Playgarden

Village Playgarden offers immersive outdoor play, arts and crafts, and imaginative play in the School Year Program. Summer in the Garden includes outdoor play, crafts, songs, story circle, nature walks, and water play. Mountainside Summer Camp includes hiking, swimming, beach days, storytelling, music, and an optional overnight experience.

Programs

• School Year Program — 2-6 · 3-day, 4-day, and 5-day weekly options; 8:30 AM-3:30 PM; September through May · Immersive outdoor play and weekly trip to nearby LA Arboretum; Waldorf-inspired, imaginative play, arts and crafts
• Summer in the Garden — 2.5-6 · 3, 4, or 5 days per week; 8:30 AM-3:30 PM; June 15-August 21 · Gentle, play-based summer filled with outdoor play, crafts, songs, story circle, nature walks, and water play
• Mountainside Summer Camp — 7-12 · June 22-July 3; 8:30 AM-3:30 PM · Outdoor adventure camp with hiking, swimming, beach days, storytelling, music, and an optional overnight experience

At a glance

• Ages: 2–12 years old
• General schedule: School year program runs from September through May. Summer school runs for ten weeks June to August. Summer camp offerings for 2026 are June 15-August 21 and June 22-July 3.

About the provider

Village Playgarden was co-founded in 2008 by Geoff Ramsey-Ray and Kikanza Ramsey-Ray. Geoff Ramsey-Ray is identified as Director and Papa Geoff, and Kikanza Ramsey-Ray is identified as Co-Founder and Lead Teacher. The program says it is an intentional community with support for families and a child-centered environment, and its curriculum is based on immersive relationship with the natural world, daily and seasonal rhythms, and community building.

Emphasis on diversity and needs-based tuition support. Healthy Food program provides a morning and afternoon light meal; meals are organic, vegetarian, and based on whole foods; most allergies and food sensitivities can be accommodated. The Summer in the Garden program is open to children ages 2.5-6 who are already enrolled in the school-year program; minimum two weeks for Mountainside Summer Camp.

Last updated October 7, 2026.