Schools, Children's Spaces and Nature Based Play

Nature based play spaces have become an important part of regional botanic gardens, inspired by Andrew Laidlaw’s pioneering work on the Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden in the early 2000s.   This has given us the opportunity to work on many nature based play spaces, both in public parks and gardens, and in educational settings.   Through this we have seen how the right garden or landscape can transform a town, or a school, providing rich, inviting settings which inspire children’s physical, social, and creative play, and creating calming, inclusive spaces which inspire a lifelong love of the natural environment.  

Nature Based Play Spaces
  • Warrnambool Botanic Gardens Nature Based Play Space 2020
  • Kyneton Community Park, 2017
  • Patterson Park Metung, 2014
  • Navan Park Play Iconic Play Space 2011
  • Burnside Heights Iconic Play Space 2011

Schools and Education
  • Armadale Primary School Pick My Project Sports Courts 2020
  • Armadale Primary School Deck Stage 2020
  • Armadale Primary School Master Plan 2019
  • Oxley College Early Learning Centre 2014
  • Eildon Road Child Care Centre 2012
  • Bendigo South East College Community Green 2012
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we are grateful to laidlaw & laidlaw design for allowing us to share projects we completed together