Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Roof garden

A nursery in central London has turned garage roofs into a haven for wildlife, finds Annette Rawstrone.

To find us, come up the stairs or use the ramp,' reads the sign that greets visitors to Ethelred Nursery School and Children's Centre, which is sited in an unenviable position on top of garages and encircled by tower blocks in Kennington, central London. But a big surprise awaits those visitors - nursery staff have maximised the potential of every metre of the formerly bleak tarmac roof area and transformed it into an imaginative and stimulating garden. Within earshot of Big Ben striking the hours, children delight in searching for minibeasts, reading in the shade of the trees and growing fruit and vegetables.

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