Orchard Valley's Sweet Clover Nursery in Montpelier operates year-round, five days a week. Our hours are 8:00 am to 3:30 pm Monday - Wednesday and Friday and 8:00am -2:15pm on Thursdays.
Sweet Clover Nursery provides infants and toddlers with warm, nurturing care from a staff of Waldorf-trained, Early Childhood professionals. The children spend their days in a small, family-like group with children of different ages. Experienced and loving caregivers encourage children to develop their new sense of self in an environment designed to nurture and support their continued unfolding. The daily rhythm provides a balance between active times and rest times, and indoor and outdoor play, nourishing each child's sense of health and well-being.
Program information
Sweet Clover Nursery
Location: 155 Northfield Street, Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: 802-225-6490
Children may be enrolled for 2, 3, or 5 days per week. For children attending short-weeks, the available combinations are as follows (as openings allow):
Monday/Tuesday (2-days/week)
Thursday/Friday (2-days/ week)
Monday-Wednesday (3-days/week)
Wednesday-Friday (3-days/week)
Our youngest children begin as infants in the Rosebud Room and move up to the next room as they age and achieve developmental milestones.
Enrollment Process
Please note: Sweet Clover Nursery is full for the 2024-25 school year.
To apply for the 2025-26 school year, please complete our online application form. You will be directed to TADS, our online school management platform, where you will need to create an account. You can pay the $50 application fee online through the platform.
When your application is complete, we will add you to our waiting pool and reach out if we have available spots to fill and are able to invite you for an interview and tour.
Please note that most new enrollment happens in the summer months, for a September start. Our waiting pool is not first come, first serve; we will first enroll children of faculty and staff and siblings of currently enrolled students.
Questions?
Contact us via the inquiry button. We are accepting applications for the waiting pool for children 3 months to 3 years. Children who will turn 3 by June 1st are encouraged to apply to our Mixed Age Kindergarten program.
Orchard Valley Waldorf School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), ancestry, national origin, place of birth, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, political affiliation, or marital status in the operation of its programs or in its admissions, hiring, or financial aid decisions.
