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...
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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...
Children's Outdoor Play Kitchen
What better place to be on a summer’s evening than the outdoor play kitchen at this children’s farm garden, right? Let’s make a salad!
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...
Spring Moments by the Creekbed
The hot pink flowers on a native redbud tree and organic sculptures crafted by children from river pebbles from the creekbed take...
Succulent Spring Salads
There are few things better than a chopped salad made of spring edibles from my yard! Harvested natives include redbud flower clusters,...
Spicy Spring Scents
Spice bush (Lindera benzoin) has dense clusters of tiny, pale yellow flowers that bloom before the leaves open along the twigs. Their...
Spring at Sackett Farm
Getting ready to lay out the new growing beds at Sackett Farm in Delaware. What better way to spend a misty, moody March morning, right?!!...
Sensory Fun in Nature
A sensory wall offers outdoor play opportunities for children of all abilities on a bright, blue sky winter afternoon. ...
Winter Fun at the Farm
Sooo...here’s what happens at a central Ohio flower farm in mid-winter! Kudos to our consulting client Amy Eiken of Sackett Farms for...
Plants as Medicine
We have natural medicine all around us! Evergreens make great tea; I steeped clusters of Eastern white pine needles in very hot water and...
Garden Gold!
Row covers are such an easy season-extension strategy! Bright orange hot peppers and sunny golden Swiss chard wait patiently for harvest...
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...
Pawpaw Patch
This native pawpaw, tucked beneath the canopy of a huge mulberry, provides spectacular late fall color after blessing the homeowner with...
Nature’s Patterns
This gorgeous mandala was created as a professional development exercise by staff members at an early childhood facility that embraces...
Season Extension
Row covers are such a quick, easy way to extend the season for cool season crops. Simply spread it over raised garden beds and weigh it...
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...
Kindness
We love that the children left their carefully decorated river pebbles as a gift for others to enjoy at this natural outdoor learning...
Wild Walks
Children get to ‘walk on the wild side’ on this wheelchair-accessible path at their school. The bright-red berries of the American...
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