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Outdoor nursery wins prestigious innovation award

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London's first full-time forest nursery has won a Queen’s Award for Innovation.

Little Forest Folk's chain of five nurseries, caters for 110 children from two to five, and was started just three years ago.

The nurseries are based in woodland areas, for example Wimbledon Common for the Wandsworth and Wimbledon settings, and in Barnes, Chiswick, and Fulham. Children start the day inside, but the majority of the day from 9am until 4pm is spent outside, whatever the weather.

The nursery was opened with the aim of creating a world in which children are inspired by nature to live a simple and naturally healthy lifestyle, breaking away from screen or plastic toy-based playtime to improve physical and mental health.

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