Aug 4, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Gardening
Recently, I met up with a retired teaching friend who now volunteers with the G.R.O.W. Project at Inverness Botanic Garden. She kindly gave me a behind-the-scenes tour of the project which includes several poly tunnels and composting areas, tool sheds and other...
Aug 2, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors
One of the key zones at the Lake Macquarie Variety Playground is the Circuit Zone where children can bring their small bikes, scooters and other wheeled toys. Children are free to ride around the whole playground yet this zone has sufficient appeal that there were...
Aug 1, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
At the Macquarie Lake Variety Playground, the water zone particularly interested me. It was not an especially big area. Yet, the attention to detail in the design really appealed to my love of places where different elements and materials cross the boundaries of the...
Jul 28, 2022 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
In today’s society most all playground features are mass-produced homogeneous affairs. Like other manufactured items, once you are in the know, you can have fun guessing the maker and checking on the label. This post is long overdue about a local play feature...
Jul 25, 2022 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
This is a guest blog post by Frode Svane, an architect and a pedagogue Frode works on many projects for parks, public places, school yards and kindergartens in Norway. He has, for many years, developed a wide range of tools for involving children and youth in the...
