# 180: 2025 Reflections & Looking Ahead to 2026: Growth, Community, and Teaching Beyond Walls

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Podcast: [Outdoor Classrooms Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/outdoor-classrooms-podcast-6002268)
Published: 2026-01-06T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://outdoor-classrooms.captivate.fm
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## Resource

In this special reflective episode, I pause to look back on 2025—a year filled with growth, connection, creativity, and community inside Outdoor Classrooms. Rather than an interview, this episode is an invitation to slow down. Together, we reflect on what it truly means to build outdoor classrooms over time—with intention, curiosity, and care—while looking ahead to what’s taking root for 2026. 🎙 In This Episode, You’ll Hear About: 🌱 Beginning and ending 2025 with the Outdoor Teaching Bootcamp How starting—and closing—the year with Bootcamp created a powerful, cyclical rhythm for educators moving through the Outdoor Classrooms Teacher Certification Program. 🌸 Life in the Secret Gardens Parent/child classes, drop-off afterschool programs, birthday celebrations, an art show, and what it looks like when children and adults are given space to truly slow down and connect with nature. 🔵 Teaching Beyond Walls Capstone & Certification Milestones Celebrating our first graduates, their powerful capstone projects, and the ever-growing Graduate Testimonials page. 🏫 Professional Development & Conference Presentations Training with Evergreen Day School (Cambridge, MA), Roots and Wings Nature School (NH), Brookwood School (Beverly,Ma) and presentations at Natural Start and MEES. 🎧 179 Podcast Episodes & a Growing Listener Community Reflections on the Outdoor Classrooms Podcast, reaching over 1,000 listeners each month, and what these conversations mean moving forward. 🌿 CIRCLE Membership highlights 12 new workshops added in 2025 12 books read together Monthly Roundtable discussions Seasonal masterclasses: Exploring Nature in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall ✍️ Personal milestones Writing and submitting the first draft of my book, traveling to Acadia National Park and Joshu…

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