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Garden Design Articles: working with schools

Designing with schools

Some schools will only want advice on planting up an area or on starting a school garden... involve the children in thinking, planning and in extending their creativity as well as in learning about plants and gardening... [Read full article]

Design for a Courtyard or Infant and Nurery School

The Brief: to convert a very bare, bleak courtyard in the middle of the school... and to establish a courtyard garden for the use of all the children to sit and to work... [Read full article]

The Echo Public Garden, made with Schools

In the 2004 Juliet Martin, Arts Development Officer for Chelmsford Borough Council approached garden designer Bella D’Arcy to discuss a project involving schools to be part of the community programme... [Read full article]

The Elements Garden, with a Junior School

The brief for the garden... was to create a contemporary garden... working with Junior School children. The concept for the garden was to be the four elements – fire, air earth and water.... [Read full article]

A Garden for GCSE Art

The idea for a garden design project was initially prompted by the desire amongst the school community for a lasting memorial to a member of staff... [Read full article]

A quiet Garden

In 2008, a project was discussed for a quiet garden... It was agreed that a garden should be made on the theme of St Patrick’s journey... [Read full article]

Designing within a Community

Design of School Grounds Developments

Gabby Nickson is a garden designer and works with Lancashire County Council on school grounds development projects... [Read full article]



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