How to create enchanting outdoor spaces for children and their parents and grandparents.
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Until recently, children played outdoors after school and in the summer. Today, however, children are more likely to spend their free time indoors, watching television, playing video games or using a computer. But children thrive in the natural world — studies show that they work and mature better mentally, physically and emotionally when exposed to nature. This book offers a wide range of innovative examples showing how to create special places in which children can experience nature on their own home turf. Featured throughout are miniature paradises that parents and grandparents have designed just for the children in their lives, highlighting an enchanting variety of elements that will make any garden come alive.
180 pp, 205 x 255 mm, 203 colour photos, 4 colour illustrations, paperback
ISBN13 9780881928433
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With 190 colour photographs featured throughout, this book offers ideas to make any garden or greenspace come alive for children.
Is fun, filled as it is with images of children enjoying themselves imaginatively in gardens.
One of the handiest books available to encourage children to learn and thrive in the natural world.
[Dannenmaier] presents 60 vibrant and inspired landscape plans and innovative weekend projects designed to help motivated parents create imaginative havens that will appeal to both young ones and those who are young at heart.
By delving into 'how children really play,' the book shares stories of families who have transformed time in the garden into playtime, and features the blueprints, photos, and plants that made each garden successful.
Breathtaking photos. Brilliant ideas. Even if I didn't have a kid, the book would inspire me to be bold and playful in my landscaping.
This book aims to motivate parents and caregivers who are concerned about children's lack of connection to the outdoors.