MANA PROJECT'S MISSION STATEMENT
Our Mission
To foster environmental educational programs and initiatives at Nancy Forrester’s Secret
Garden. The aim is that the botanical, zoological and cultural site enriches and educates
the individual and the public and plays an important role in the creation of an
environmentally sustainable future.
Founder Nancy Forrester with parrot, Harlequin macaw "Larrybird" Photograph by Steve Lohman
"She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was
the kind of person that keeps a parrot." Mark Twain (American Humorist) Writer and Lecturer 1835-1910