Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Outdoors

Early years landscape designer Julie Mountain continues her
exploration of an innovative Canadian approach to early childhood
landscape design - the 7Cs - by looking at context and connectivity.

This series of four articles examines the '7Cs' approach to the design and resourcing of early childhood landscapes, and showcases examples of how the theory works in practice.

A five-year research programme, led by Professor Susan Herrington at the University of British Columbia in 16 Vancouver settings, resulted in a guidance document aimed at landscape designers and setting managers. It provides a coherent and realistic set of design values that contribute to high-quality outdoor spaces for young children.

The first article (Nursery World, 7 April) introduced the 7Cs writing team and explained the research project that led to the guidance booklet. We also looked at the first C, 'character'. This article moves on to 'context' and 'connectivity'.

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