I’m Dayson Pasion, Outdoor Education Intern for RCP. I’m visiting North Carolina’s Core Sound region right now, but I wanted to share a little about a site visit we interns made last week.
RCP interns Enrique, Catesby and I visited Irvin Learning Farm & Nature Center in Chapel Hill. The farm is located on land that was donated to the Triangle Land Conservancy. It's just one of many projects that take place on the 269 acres of preserved working farm and forestland.
We were greeted by the crowing of a rooster as we stepped out of the car and onto the farm. Irvin Learning Farm co-founders Wendy Banning, Livy Ludington and Tori Ralston (and four energetic goats, Pippin, Nettle, Poppy and Peanut!) welcomed us. In their second year, the teaching team is busy preparing for their myriad of summer classes for local children, such as weaving, plant identification, improvisational theatre, gardening and animal husbandry.
While at the farm we discovered that Irvin Learning Farm & Nature Center is a great resource for children, educators and others in the area that allows them to explore the outdoors while developing a promise towards stewardship. Irvin Learning Farm is especially dedicated to those who are unable to readily access the learning opportunities of the natural world.
Livy Ludington (and goat escort, Boulder) led us on a tour of the property. We first saw the garden and compost center and then went into the workshop/lab. We also visited one of the many spring fed ponds and other structures around the farm. Wendy, Livy, and Tori gave us many ideas that Resourceful Communities could integrate into the Hoke Community Forest and its planned outdoor education center.
To learn more about Irvin Learning Farm & Nature Center, click here. To learn more about Hoke Community Forest, click here or contact Monica McCann at mmccann@conservationfund.org.
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