The Magic of Children's Gardens

The Magic of Children's Gardens Inspiring Through Creative Design

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Children's gardens are magical places where kids can interact with plants, see where food and fibers grow, and experience the role of birds, butterflies, and bees in nature. These gardens do more than just expose youngsters to outdoor environments, they also provide marvelous teaching opportunities for them to visit a small plot, care for vegetables and flowers, and interact in creative spaces designed to stimulate all five senses. 

In The Magic of Children's Gardens, landscape architect Lolly Tai provides the primary goals, concepts and key considerations for designing outdoor spaces that are attractive to and suitable for children especially in urban environments. Tai presents inspiring ideas for creating children's green spaces by examining nearly twentycase studies, including the Chicago Botanic Gardens and  Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA.

The Magic of Children's Gardens features hundreds of comprehensive drawings and gorgeous photographs of successful children's outdoor environments, detailed explanations of the design process, and the criteria needed to create attractive and pleasing gardens for children to augment their physical, mental, and emotional development.

Exposing youth to well-planned outdoor environments promotes our next generation of environmental stewards. The Magic of Children's Gardens offers practitioners a guide to designing these valued spaces.

Book information

ISBN: 9781439914472
Publisher: Temple University Press
Imprint: Temple University Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1
DEWEY: 635.083
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xii, 359
Weight: 1451g
Height: 254mm
Width: 203mm
Spine width: 30mm