Summer Sensory Gardens
We planted these big galvanized stock tank sensory gardens at an early-childhood school about a year ago, and WOW, are they booming! ...
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Pollinator Greetings
The front entrance pollinator garden at this early-childhood school doesn’t take summers off! A late-day shower really makes it pop🩷🩷...
Magic in a Children’s Sensory Garden
This fritillary butterfly seems to enjoy the purple top vervain and white geraniums in this sensory garden as much as the children do!...
Sensory Gardens
We had so much fun planting these big galvanized stock tanks with sensory plants at this Columbus, Ohio early-childhood center for young...
Happy, Hardy Hibiscus!
Hardy hibiscus flourish in the moist edges of the river-rock ‘creekbed’ in this Integrity-designed natural play environment for young...
Slide into Nature
Traditional play equipment can be seamlessly incorporated into natural outdoor learning environments for children. A...
Summer Shade
Native switchgrass and American cranberrybush viburnum create a shady summer seating nook in this Integrity-designed natural outdoor play...
Outdoor Kitchen Fun
Young children can create mud pies or wash produce from their edible garden in this outdoor kitchen. The kitchen was custom-crafted by...
Accessible School Gardens
A wheelchair-accessible raised bed and an outdoor classroom create a fun, inviting space at this Integrity-designed natural outdoor play...
Fall in the Poetry Garden
A sign in this library poetry garden, an Integrity design project from some years back, is beautifully wreathed in Northern sea oats. We...
The Golden Hour
This play barn constructed of salvaged wood beams and siding from historic Ohio barns has survived almost 20 years of creative play at...
Flowers on the Fairy Hut Roof
This recently-planted fairy hut green roof in the outdoor learning environment at a Columbus early-childhood center is literally...
Green Roof for a Fairy House
A fairy hut at an early-childhood school received a fun green-roof hairdo today! The composite lumber roof was covered with heavy plastic...
Holiday Fun in the Garden
We popped some tiny evergreens in the accessible and regular raised beds at this early-childhood center for the children to decorate for...
Sunlit Fall Play
Ahhhh, that soft, golden late-fall light! It’s so beautiful! We’re out in the natural outdoor play environment at this school planning...
Nature’s Patterns
This gorgeous mandala was created as a professional development exercise by staff members at an early childhood facility that embraces...
Beautiful Rhythms
We love these ‘boom drums’! The art studio and maintenance staff at this school created these from salvaged 50 gallon drums. The metallic...
Hedgerows!
Bayberry, cup plant and switchgrass bring great texture, color, fragrance and pollinator value to this outdoor play...
Quiet spaces
A hut constructed of living willow provides a space for quiet small-group play in this natural outdoor learning environment at a...
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