More than 200 settings entered the Nursery World Outdoor Challenge competition to win 2,850 worth of equipment and advice to redevelop their outdoor spaces. After much deliberation, we can announce that The Red House Children's Centre in Bristol is the overall winner.
When the non-maintained day nursery school opened in 1988 the back garden was found to be full of conifer trees, bricks and all sorts of rubbish - including old saucepans.
Within months, headteacher Maggie Kirby and her husband cleared the space and, with the help of the local community, dug a pond, laid a brick path and planted grass seeds and a herb garden.
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