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About Us
Meet Us
At Blooming Daisy Homestead, we inspire exploration, nurture curiosity, and empower learners to be responsible stewards of the earth through hands on discovery and play based learning. Join us in embracing nature’s classroom. As a family owned and operated business, we welcome you to be part of our learning family.
Brittany and Mark’s relationship blossomed with their shared dream of owning a nature based education farm. We are excited to share our dream with you!
Brittany Bartholomew aka “Ranger Brittany”
Brittany is a NC certified environmental educator with over 18 years of experience teaching science to people of all ages and backgrounds. For the past 15 years, “Ranger Brittany” has worked with NC State Parks as the Youth Programs Coordinator and developed their Junior Ranger program.
Favorite quotes:
“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.” -Baba Diem
Mark Bartholomew aka “Doc”
As a lifelong animal lover, Mark has worked as an educator at Rocky Mount Museum and Science Center as well as Tar River Herps, and various rescue organizations. “Doc” is a retired US Army Combat Medic who fought for our country in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Favorite quotes:
We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw
Happy Families Share Their Stories
Ranger Brittany uses the time so well & presents information well while all welcoming & encouraging the thoughts & questions of her audience. Her programs are engaging, informative, & enjoyable!
We learned new things, got outside and had fun!
Brittany finds creative ways to keep the kids engaged while learning.
It was so much fun and Brittany was AWESOME! We learned so much from her and she was a joy to be around. Brittany’s class kept my children engaged and they look forward to her next class!
Brittany always makes these programs fun and engaging for my kids, she went above and beyond this week when she provide a safe alternative to a food activity for my children with food allergies.