Course: Our Wee Garden | PropaGate Learning

  • Introduction

    Our Wee Garden is a dedicated space for early years children within the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.  Booking information

    Use the interactive tour to see the types of activities on offer for Early Years children.

    Find out about how this special space was developed using the resource about the pilot project further down this page. 

    • Interactive tour

      Navigate around this 360° tour of Our Wee Garden using your mouse or keyboard.  The arrows allow you to move between different areas of the garden, and the flower icons provide further information about some of the activities and resources that are available to children.

    • Pilot project

      Click on the links below to follow the story of how Our Wee Garden was developed and what we learned through this pilot project.

      Introduction to Our Wee Garden Pilot Project

      Read more about our wee space and how key learnings were taken from the start of the pilot project.

      Our Wee Garden in Motion

      Watch our wee video series led by Caroline Walsh, Outdoor Early Learning Officer at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

      Researching the Magic of Our Wee Garden

      Find out more about what has been observed from a research point of view on our outdoor space for early years learners.  

    • Additional reading

      Froebel Trust

      Find out more about the Froebelian approach.

      Thrive Outdoors

      Further resources and information about how Thrive Outdoors support play and outdoor learning.

      Realising the Ambition: Being Me

      National practice guidance for Early Years in Education Scotland.