Bttg

About Us

"If you look the right way, the whole world is a garden", said Frances Hodgson Burnett in her novel, 'The Secret Garden'.

There’s never been a more important time to be outdoors and Back to the Garden Childcare sets new standards in childcare with its innovative outdoor classroom, forest schools-based curriculum and all-seasons learning and exploration space.

Organic child-led learning in the great outdoors has always been very firmly at the heart of the ethos at Back to the Garden, with the nursery committed to a natural approach based around spending as much time as possible within nature and enjoying fresh air.

The nursery has invested heavily in its already beautiful outdoor areas to create an exceptional exploration space full of wonder that includes a magnificent all-weather tepee, woodworking shed and garden. The playscape allows children to be children, harness the power of their own imaginations and experiment with nature and all of her natural resources to develop at their own pace.

The outdoor classroom and daily forest school sessions are unique to Back to the Garden. The tepee is an engaging area which is used for storytelling, regular yoga sessions and wellness activities that enables the children to enjoy light projections and learning experiences with the nursery's wonderful external partners, such as The Whitworth art gallery in Manchester.

The woodworking shed is a superb space with endless possibilities for creative play, complemented by the much loved forest school that includes activities such as playing with tools, singing, making dens and exploring the natural world.

Being outdoors is fundamental to the nursery's values and the outdoor classroom and forest school curriculum provide an enviable and organic nursery space in which pre-schoolers can interact, discover and physically challenge themselves.