How to grow wildflowers
Great advice on growing wildflowers from the Grow Wild crew at Kew Botanic Gardens, whatever the size of space you have. Here’s a video shared by a Grow Wild UK youth group.
Climate Ready School Grounds project
Learning through Landscapes and Architecture & Design Scotland are collaborating on the ‘Climate Ready School Grounds’ project through 2022-23. The project will connect the Scottish Learning for Sustainability, Learning Estate Strategy and Climate Change Plan. This will be done through consultation and collaboration, and sharing guidance with both architects and [...]
Plantlife’s No Mow May is back!
Please encourage your friends, family and colleagues to be sparing with their lawnmowers for No Mow May. Enjoy nature on your doorstep! Why not leave some areas unmown in your school grounds as well?
Gardening with and for children – evidence of the benefits
C&NN’s Research Digest in March has highlighted extensive research on the benefits of gardening, including academic, environmental, mental and physical health benefits of gardening for children. Read the March Research Digest.
Why children need to be more active in school playgrounds, and what is stopping them
This Child in the City article (28-03-2022) shares research which explores barriers preventing some children being physically active at break times. Children are also facing a reduction in the amount of time outside provided by schools, as well as exercise outside school hours.
Raingardens
School grounds can be great places to install raingardens or develop a raingarden project. As well as contributing to climate adaptation, they can provide interest and activity across the year groups. In Scotland a raingarden project would fit well with Learning for Sustainability. Check out these great resources for schools or [...]
Local School Nature Grants are back for 2022!
Learning Through Landscapes have announced that their Local School Nature Grants will return this year. Schools and early year settings can apply from 22 March.
Stewardship and beyond? Young people’s lived experience of conservation activities in school grounds
This article published online (16 August 2021) by Andy Ruck and Greg Mannion, provides ethnographic insight into the more-than-human relationships enacted through young people’s participation in school grounds conservation. It notes that students ‘need not travel to celebrated or protected landscapes to participate in conservation activities. Instead, school grounds and [...]
