< We are an eclectic group of men and women who work together well to give every child the best start in school possible. Our goal is to take our kids as far as we can, and that takes teamwork. Each of our team members is talented, loving and comes with a bushel basket of ideas. It is a pleasure to call each one a member of our team. Judy Lyden has been providing child care at the preschool age since 1983. She has a special interest in children who need an alternative approach to education through a high energy, tactile or kinesthetic learning. She received her baccalaureate degree from the University of Evansville and has done some graduate work in Education.  Judy writes a blog which you can find right here on our website. She has been a nationally syndicated writer for Scripps Howard News wire and for a subsidiary of NBC. She still  writes about early childhood and you can view her work on any Internet search engine. She enjoys writing fiction and has completed nine novels. She explores cooking, gardening and maintaining her nearly two hundred year old home. She is married to Terry Lyden. They have four children: Brendan, who builds hospitals and Proton Therapy units (cancer treatment) all over the world; Katy, who works a Regional Director of Safety for many industrial plants: Molly, our Garden School  administrator, and Anne, who works in the Craft Coffee industry.

Miss Molly is the Garden School Administrator, Kitchen Manager and Summer Program Manager. With an Early Childhood Degree in progress, she has been working in childcare for nearly twenty- five years. Miss Molly is interested in the psychology of the child and has a one in a million understanding of children.  She has been with the Garden School since it began.  She is an excellent artist and her work can be seen throughout the Garden School.  Molly brings to the Garden School a management we could not do without. She is adept at gardening, cooking, buying and time management. She is married to Rob Snyder who helps out on field trips. They have four children, Jack, William, Robby and Ellie. They live in Newburgh.

Mr. Terry is our finance general and is at school every morning to open the doors. He has been married to Miss Judy for nearly fifty years, and is an excellent husband to her. He is a retired professor of history and spent most of his career at St. Meinrad College. He has a Masters Degree from Fordham University.  He is our building maintenance and computer whiz. His interests are film, history, literature, exercise and how things work.

Mrs. St. Louis  has been teaching over fifty years and started the Garden School with Miss Judy twenty-five years ago. She is partly retired now, and comes in to teach the littles and manage a host of duties that are so numerous, she can never really retire. Edith has three grown children and has seven grand children. She is interested in gardening and literature. She lives in Evansville.