Mollie Parsons

Mollie Parsons is the education director for the Santa Fe Botanical Garden (SFBG), where she initiated Garden Sprouts and the Children’s Discovery Nature Zone, both of which engage pre-school children in hands-on exploration of the environment. For elementary and middle school children,  eld trips to both SFBG and its second property, the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve, have varied in focus from soil studies to assessing the health of the garden’s orchard. Parson’s innovative work has served more than 1,500 students in the Santa Fe school system.