Last summer, Taira Restar cleared a portion of a three-acre wooded lot in Inverness Park and tied small blue flags to mark the boundaries of her new venture: Emerald Heart Forest School.
The site features a nature trail, a mud kitchen, a fairy village, a hand washing station, a potty, a shed for storage and a tarped overhang. Among the few toys on hand are magnifying glasses, crayons and paper, fairies and kitchen utensils.…