Foy Spicer

Environmental Educator & PreK-12 Programs Coordinator

Phone: 2607995869

Office: Learning Center Building at Merry Lea

Education:

B.S. Public Horticulture, Iowa State University, 2003

Foy grew up in Iowa, graduating from Iowa State in 2003 with a degree in Horticulture. She interned at Chicago Botanical Garden, Longwood Gardens and ISU Extension. Then served in the Peace Corps along the edge of primary rainforests in Panama as a Sustainable Agriculture Systems volunteer. When she returned to The States, she moved to Indiana to be a horticulturist at the Garbis Arboretum. She worked with sustainable farms in Wabash County from 2011-2022. For the two years before coming to Merry Lea, she was a guide for the Montessori School at WPC and developed their summer Farm School program for 3-12 year olds.

Foy joined Merry Lea as an Environmental Educator in August 2023 and mainly helps with the Nature Preschool program, public programming, and k-12 field trips. Foy lives in North Manchester with her partner and their two kids. As a foodie she loves cooking and fermenting with wild and locally grown meat and produce.