Serving Pasadena

A Nature-Rich Reggio Preschool Near Pasadena

For Pasadena and South Pasadena families, Growing Garden is a nearby, home-based preschool for ages 2 to 5 — the kind of unhurried, outdoor early childhood Pasadena parents tend to want.

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Loved by families across Northeast LA

Low 1:6 ratioOne small mixed-age group

Reggio EmiliaPlay- & project-based

Garden & outdoorsDaily outdoor play

Meals includedBreakfast, lunch & snack

Mon–Fri, 8:30–4Arrival from 8:00am

Ages 2–5A nurturing home setting

Why Pasadena families choose Growing Garden

We sit just west of South Pasadena in Eagle Rock, a 15-to-20-minute drive from much of Pasadena and even closer from the South Pas side near the 110. Families who love Pasadena's tree-lined calm and its parks — the kind of place you'd take a toddler to watch ducks — recognize the same values in our garden and our slow, project-based days.

Pasadena has no shortage of established preschools, many of them large and academic. Parents who visit us are usually looking for the opposite: a home, not an institution; curiosity, not worksheets; a teacher who follows their child's questions instead of a rigid curriculum.

You get the calm, nature-connected, whole-child upbringing Pasadena families prize — in an intimate home setting rather than a big academic preschool.

We also serve nearby

Eagle Rock Highland Park Glendale Mount Washington

Come see it in person

Tours run 30 minutes during a real program day, so you see the garden, the group, and the day exactly as your child would live it. We’d love to meet your family.

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