Resources for School Grounds

The Garden for Life Forum

The Garden for Life Forum have produced a series of five free Garden for Life leaflets which give helpful advice about plants to attract wildlife and other wildlife gardening tips which are available to download here:

• Garden for Life
• Garden for butterflies
• Garden for birds
• GFL in pots and containers
• Garden for Food

School grounds resource box

Find your nearest school grounds resource boxes.
This table is updated annually. If you have any information that should be added to it, please e-mail resources@snh.gov.uk

The Wee Green School Pack

by Gill McKinnon and Sudheer Carol

This pack is a popular and practical guide to what can be achieved even in a small space, with minimum resources and a bit of imagination. Transform your school’s outdoor spaces, and take learning as well as playtime outside.

• Download a PDF of The Wee Green School Pack (1.6 Mb)
• Order a printed copy or CD-ROM

send a stamped addressed envelope of the sizes outlined below to:

Item	Envelope	postage
		1st Class	2nd Class
Printed pack	A4 jiffy bag	96p	76p
CD ROM	A5 jiffy bag	41p	33p

Grounds for Learning
Inglewood House
Inglewood
Alloa
FK10 2HU 
www.gflscotland.org.uk
Tel: 01259 220887     

Example of good practice

Local SNH area staff can give you support and advice regarding developments in your schoolgrounds.
Here is an example of good practice produced for our Forth and Borders Area - use the ideas in your school!

 

Research and Monitoring

The School Grounds Grants Scheme by Scott Wilson Resource Consultants reviews the successes and limitations of grant aiding school grounds works. The review was commissioned by SNH and can be accessed through this web site. Link The School Grounds Grants Scheme.