Welcome Wildflower Teachers

Wildflower Designs are based on observations of Wildflowers.

If you compare two wildflowers and describe their characteristics, you might find many unique differences and things which set them apart from one another.

However, when you compare wildflowers to all flowers, they look more like each other than like any other flower.

Wildflower schools are created to look and feel similar, while still embodying the personality of the school and its Teacher Leaders.

Wildflower’s design purpose goes into this discussion in more detail.

About Me, Kim Holleman

I created Wildflower Designing in 2013 at MIT Media Lab, when Wildflower Founder, Sep Kamvar tasked me with creating a Wildflower Montessori interior design and school building system with a unique, branded signature style that could reflect the Wildflower Principles in the designs. I have a 20+ year background in interior architecture, landscape design, art and interior design, shop front and retail renovation, gut renovations, commercial renovation, carpentry, welding, and construction.

I designed and hand-built the first schools with the first emerging Teacher-Leaders, and occasionally still build special projects in person by teacher request. Many of my original creations like the reading lofts, large nature artworks and planters, have been turned into blueprints, which some teachers opt to have made locally by friends and family, which you can see more of here.

I work as a peer to your contractor and architect, but you are my reason for being there. I am your dedicated expert. In addition to doing the design work with teachers, I often fulfill the need of explaining Montessori to the contractor and the architect in ways that they can professionally understand, to avoid issues, in order to keep costs low, miscommunications at bay, and timelines tight.

Working with me ensures you get exactly what you want with the expertise and the specialized Montessori-sensitive support you need to create your school's perfectly unique signature in a fun, streamline fashion, on time and on budget, with all of the magical qualities that set Wildflower Montessori Schools apart from any other schools.

I have been working with Montessori Teachers for over 6 years and hold the institutional knowledge of Wildflower Schools and all of our trials and tribulations inside the schools along the way. I created this process informed by over 30 Montessori Teacher Leaders who continuously shape and inform this process as we grow.

Hearing from you about how to make this process even better and even more aligned with Montessori principles, is crucial and always welcome.

How it works

Consult. Share blueprints, photos of your space, share your tastes, cultural and thematic interests, and other aspects of your vision -and any special wishes or needs you have for your school.

Look. We'll look over your inspiration images, previous schools, look at design items, Pinterest, Montessori spaces, previous solutions, etc. We put together designs in collaboration inside the process of Wildflower Designing as your School Start Up Jouney unfolds.

Choose. You’ll be the ultimate voice. All of the expertise and history of Wildflower Schools and all of the previous TL's goes into positioning you for success, and prioritizing your needs, your tastes, your visual identity, your cultural identity and more.

Get Inspired. You’ll engage with and share images, looks, colors, themes, pictures, landscapes, and Montessori content on a Pinterest board and/or inside Airtable the smart database we use to store all of your school's materials.

See Your Vision. Design Renderings! Furniture Layouts! Mood Boards! Pinterest! I create a series of renderings based on your real photos so you can see your school come to life ahead of schedule. This resource helps plan the interior, the signature style, the functional aspects, the classroom furniture layouts, and the exteriors well in advance of your school opening, so you have the time you need to set up in your finished space before you open. The renderings also help communicate to your parents, stakeholders and funders your ultimate vision.

Make It Happen. Design plans are comprehensive over the course of your build-out and include: the design scheme, paint color schemes, materials lists, costs, renderings, furniture layouts, teacher action list, budget, custom design work, task lists and blueprints for the contractor, timelines, and the support to execute everything inside your plan in a streamline fashion. I am your dedicated expert. I work with you for the entirety of your journey, to make sure that everything goes according to plan, so that you are positioned for success from day one. All of the work that you do will be saved into the master archive and will become a part of the Wildflower Schools Journey that all Teacher Leaders take. You will also have a complete information archive for your school, of your entire journey, from dream to reality.
This optional online course, provided by The US Green Building Council's Center For Green Schools, consists of 12 self-guided, interactive modules that allow participants to enter and exit the program on their own schedule. Training for GREEN CLEANING and GOOD HEALTH PRACTICES for classroom.