A Wild Home

08/24/2026

✨Gardening in the rain is one of our favorite past times 🌿

08/22/2026

Catching up on some weeding and…preparing this space for something pretty special we’re adding 😍 Can’t wait!

📸 The picture perfect gardens always get the spotlight online, but gardening is an act of love for me…a process that I enjoy through all the different seasons and stages. A part of life, not a ‘done’ end goal. 8am->12pm 🌿AJ

08/17/2026

We had to dress ‘business casual’ for a meeting. Looked up what that meant…

My usual overalls and Johns carpenters’ pencil behind the ear didn’t make the description🤣
I think we pulled it off!

08/14/2026

We’ve been kinda quiet online lately because things are a movin’ and a shaking in real life!

We’re on break from programming, but while we are, we’re also:

🧒 Meeting with the 70+ applicants we’ve had for Florida Wild School

🔨 Building fences on our new land expansion

🐟 Preparing the new land for our Wildlife Pond + Stream project we’ll begin with students this autumn

🎨 Getting the mural started for the front, which our kids will design & paint themselves

🤝 Meeting with conservation groups we might like to partner with as we continue to grow

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Homeschooling & adventuring with our own kids

🌿 Keeping up with the summer gardens

🏡 AND John’s remodeling a house down the block for someone else

A busy “break.” 😁

There’s a lot happening around here, but we’re continuing to enjoy the process of building it all. Watching the new spaces take shape, meeting the new families who will join our community, preparing for the projects we’ll take on together, and checking off all those daily goals along the way.

There’s a whole lot of work in creating the kind of learning and community we believe in. And we really do love the work. 💚AJ +John

08/06/2026

😍Check out these marble mazes some of the kids at our last Woodshop Summer Camp made!

Each handmade- learning tool skills in the process, using their creativity to make their own maze, and having so much FUN in the process! Proud of their work! 💚

08/05/2026

We’re honored to be featured by Next Steps and grateful for the opportunity to share a little of what we’re building here at Florida Wild School.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this journey. 💚AJ & John

Read the story here:

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – Once they decided to sell their teaching farm in Indiana, Amanda Jo and John Boener knew they were going to move their homeschooling

08/03/2026

📣New project announcement!

We took down the old fence & are starting work on the new land we acquired, where we will be starting the next phase of our design plans with the students at Florida Wild School: our WILDLIFE STREAM project!

We’ve received over 60 applications for our school year program and are still meeting with new families. Classes begin in September after Labor Day weekend.

If you’d like to be a part of a thriving community, where real life skills are gained and real tools are used, come meet us and our unique space!

Learn more here:
https://awildhome.org/floridawildschool/

We’re very grateful to VELA for the grant we received, to help bring this teaching project to life!

📸 Working in the rain for hours, having a blast! AJ🌧️

07/31/2026

🐝 Beekeeping is for kids, too!

At Florida Wild School, we help children see themselves as part of nature, not separate from it. We nurture a sense of wonder, stewardship, and belonging by asking an important question:

What role do we play in caring for the world around us?

Sometimes, the answer begins with something as small, and as important, as a honeybee.

Want to grow with us?
2026-27 Applications are open for ages 5-17, now with limited spots available.

Learn more at our website.

07/29/2026

📣 Y’all… so far we’ve taught 16 different summer camps this season, with 163 camp spots filled- each with a unique project & lessons. Facebook just does not suffice to capture all the beautiful moments we experience!!!!

Such focus
✨Community
🔨Skill-building
🔎Learning
and JOY!

We are grateful. For the opportunity, for these incredible kiddos, and for the work we get to do together.

📸 Whirlygig Woodshop, an Albino Crow🐦‍⬛

We’re still accepting applications for our 26-27 school year program, and spots are filling.

You can learn more or apply here:
https://awildhome.org/floridawildschool/

07/25/2026

What a blast this season has been…Meeting and working with so many new families!

🌞Only two weeks of Summer Camps left!

🌿Find them here:
https://awildhome.org/summer-camps/