Nature Play & Learning Places is a tool for those who manage areas where children gather, including park and recreation professionals, educators, urban planners, and developers. The guidelines explain how to design a nature play and learning area and provide detailed descriptions of activity setting designs including entrances, pathways, plants, and permanent play structures. Guidance is also provided for managing soil, plants, and other natural elements at nature play areas, and for managing risk, including an eight-step risk management protocol.
12th Annual Design Institute
NLI will host the 12th Annual Design Institute Oct. 3-4 in Chapel Hill to provide participants with tools to develop spaces that encourage today’s “indoor children” to go outside and stay outside. Arboretum, botanical garden, zoo, nature center, park, public land, childcare center, school, and museum professionals will experience first hand how to make nature a part of children’s environments through plenary presentations and interactive workshops.