Outdoor Learning Environments in Guilford

Rubus Landscape was blessed with two outdoor learning environment projects in Guilford last year: Mother Luna’s playscape in North Guilford and the Outdoor Learning Environment at Baldwin Middle School. Both projects utilize existing landscape features of shade, slope and view while creating places to engage, rest and gather. Boulders, logs and stumps are used in both projects to create seating areas, places to test our balance and destinations in imaginative play.

Here at Baldwin we are marking the trial head into Bittner Park, creating gathering spaces and an outdoor learning destination.

Here at Mother Luna we have created circuits of play exploring balance, jumping and gathering.

Thank you Liz & Stephen Kelly of Mother Luna and the hard working collection of contributors to the Baldwin Outdoor Learning Space including: Baldwin PTO, Baldwin Outdoors, Liz Stein, Douglas Hammel, Philip Ross and Guilford Facilities Director Cliff Gurnham, A&W Sanitation for implementation and Peter Marlowe Forest Products for all the cedar logs.

Discussion: Native Plants in Westwoods - May 29th - Guilford Library

Native Plants in West Woods: Identification, Value and Availability

The Guilford Land Conservation Trust and Guilford Free Library has generously sponsored my talk on Native Plants in Westwood to be held Wednesday May 29th at 7pm. During the talk I will identify a variety of native (and invasive) trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants common in West Woods and available for purchase in the nursery trade.  I will discuss the basic characteristics, habitat and landscape value of each plant and describe in what conditions they may be found and/or planted.  The goal of the talk is to familiarize listeners with common native plants which will enrich their experience in West Woods and offer ideas for plants they may be able to plant on their own properties.

A follow-up in-person West Woods walk is planned on the Sunday following the discussion.