The Learning Garden is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 1460 Hammond Street, Bangor, Maine ME. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
The Learning Garden (also referred to as Growing Minds in reviews) receives consistently high praise from parents. Families report their children thrive emotionally and developmentally, with strong relationships formed between children and staff. Parents appreciate the Brightwheel app for daily updates, clean facilities, and attentive management by owners Melissa and Seth.
My family has experience with several of the childcare facilities in the area and Growing Minds is hands down the best! Melissa and Seth seem to treat their staff extremely well. I never see an unhappy staff member. I am always greeted with positive reports and gentle conversations if there is ever an issue with one of my children. They are extremely understanding of children with diverse abilities and unique needs. They have a positive approach to helping little humans learn appropriate boundaries and age appropriate skills. Super clean facility too!
If I could give this place more stars I would!! My son (16 months) has been here for a little over a month and he has just blossomed. He is doing so well with his classmates and he absolutely adores his teachers! The first day I dropped him off, he was a little nervous (I was probably way more nervous than he was) but by his fourth day there, he was wiggling out of my arms to go see his teachers! This was huge because he's always been such a momma's boy! We get updates about him via the brightwheels app which was so relieving as a parent. We get pictures of him playing outside, doing crafts, playing with other kiddos, eating meals, and way more. We get updated every time his diaper is changed and when he eats along with how much he eats and so much more! We can message the teachers straight through the app too! I could go on for days about how amazing this daycare is! It's truly a parent's dream daycare. Melissa Holt (the owner) truly is an amazing person and runs an amazing business! I could not be more blessed with her and all the amazing teachers! Especially Miss Randi and Mrs Karen 😊 Again to reiterate, if I could give more than 5 stars I would, 100%. It truly is a home away from home!
My daughter's loved going to school everyday. I love the brightwheel app to see photos and her day. Melissa and Seth are amazing and go above and beyond to have amazing staff and I know my girls have been in great hands from 7-530.
This is our first time sending our child to a daycare and we absolutely love Growing Minds! The owner and staff are wonderful and they are so good with our son. He can be a bit of challenge due to gas issues, reflux and nap refusal but staff have been persistent with him and he is thriving. He is always smiling when we pick him up and loves his teachers. We honestly can't say enough good things about Growing Minds and definitely would recommend it to anyone looking for a quality daycare!
Our son has been going here since he was 10 months old. He has great teachers. They use a program called Brightwheel, so I get updates throughout the day. Melissa and Seth are also really good about keeping parents updated with school closings, menus, and their licensing information. I'd highly recommend this daycare to any parents searching for childcare.