Daycare · Darmstadt
Kindergruppe Lillis Zauberwald e.V.
Last reviewed: June 2026
A nature-focused kindergarten in Darmstadt-Arheilgen, founded in 1990 as a parent initiative. 20 children aged two to six experience nature's yearly cycle — with daily outdoor time, communal gardening and forest days, accompanied every two weeks by a nature and wilderness educator. The group is housed in a bright residential house that was given over to the association. The food is wholefood, organic, vegetarian and largely sugar-free.
What speaks for it
Organic-vegetarian wholefood cooking, deliberately low in sugar. Pronounced nature pedagogy with gardening, forest days and seasonal festivals. A small, mixed-age group from as young as two. As a parent initiative, actively shaped by families.
What you should know
No large outdoor space of its own like a forest kindergarten — the nature experience comes through the garden, outings and forest days. Parental involvement is part of the concept. Places are sought-after.