Outdoor Learning Environment, Gildredge House School, Eastbourne 2015-2018

A three year project to completely transform a building site into an eco-garden that gives the children a natural space for exploration and play and an educational resource for the school. Inspired by the Bronze Age finds unearthed on the school site in the 1960s I designed a multi-functional environment with a replica roundhouse as it's focus. As project manager I worked with the wider school community to coordinate the build, planting and programme of workshops. I successfully bid for over £35K funding for the project including a Sharing Heritage grant from the HLF which enabled me to commission a team from Sussex Past to implement the roundhouse build. I devised a series of ancient craft workshops, events and an exhibition where over 1500 pupils, volunteers, community groups and the wider public had the opportunity to discover how our ancestors lived. I led the Eastbourne Cluster for Polli:Nation working with two other schools to help develop their garden areas in partnership with Learning for Landscapes.