In 1979, Firuse Stalcup opened The Little Red Schoolhouse child care in a little cottage at 460 Locustfield Road in East Falmouth, MA. By 1982 she had expanded by adding two Cape Cod style buildings side by side onto the original cottage creating the building that houses Friendship Garden today.

In 1986 Robin Hewitt Jones Temple was looking for a teaching position and fell in love with the large unique outside environment of the child care and school located at 460 Locustfield Road. Nine years later in 1995 Robin was fortunate enough to purchase the Little Red Schoolhouse property allowing the opening of Friendship Garden.

Following Mrs. Stalcup’s vision Friendship Garden has continued to provide a unique outdoor learning environment for young children with a large natural wooded playground and garden on a one acre lot. Friendship Garden provides a rich, lively productive learning environment for early education experiences.

In 2014 toddlers were added to our child care.

Please consider joining our unique nature inspired mostly outdoor early learning program!

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