Welcome

Welcome to the Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery.

Based in a 25 acre woodland in Fife, we run a pioneering childcare service, entirely out of doors, 49 weeks of the year. Now in our 10th year we also offer practitioner workshops where we share our unique and highly acclaimed philosophy with people from all over the world! You can enrol your child with us at anytime, please do get in touch as we’d love to hear from you.

 

 

 

 

MAILING LIST

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Peeking mushrooms
Workshop gets underway
Visiting the lambs

 

INSPECTION RESULTS

We had a Care Inspectorate inspection at the beginning of March  (2016). The inspector looked at the following quality statement indicators for the nursery and gave the grades below;

Quality of care and support 5 Very Good
Quality of environment 5 Very Good
Quality of staffing 5 Very Good
Quality of management and leadership 5 Very Good

The nursery is due for inspection this year (2018) and results will be published as soon after inspection as possible.

Care inspectorate inspections reports 2016

wood cookies
hearts in the woods
fire

Workshops

The Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery in Letham, Fife, opened its invisible doors for the first time in 2008, as the realisation of a vision long held by its founder, Cathy Bache, to create an experience for pre-school aged children of complete immersion in the natural world – with nature as teacher. As Scotland’s first ever… Continue reading Workshops

The Gifts of Wild Weather

When we sent out the weekly email to parents at the end of this week the subject heading was “The Week of the Storm”. Wednesday was a big weather day, a very big weather day. Most of us living in those parts of the UK and Ireland affected by the storm will have a clear… Continue reading The Gifts of Wild Weather

About the Secret Garden

The Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery opened its invisible doors in September 2008, receiving at this time the Nancy Ovens Award for Play ‘Outstanding Contribution to Play’ and from Play Scotland ‘Best Practice in Action’. As Scotland’s first ever outdoor nursery, a unique and highly acclaimed philosophy and practice has evolved in the woods crafted around our guiding principles… Continue reading About the Secret Garden

“The rosy cheeks and wonderful energy our son comes home with following a day in the woods is just the best. Adventure and wonder radiate out of him! He gains so much from his experiences in the woods, with the support of a wonderful team of attuned, nurturing and insightful staff. Our experience of Secret Garden has been a beautiful one and we are so thankful for all that you do!”

Hannah Bunce – Parent

“Rory loves the secret garden. The staff are excellent and help the children explore the forest and make the most of being outdoors. Rory seems to like it even better when it’s raining – which is nice to see as a parent because your first instinct is to bring them inside! If I could we would send him for the whole week! I thoroughly recommend sending your children here!”

Ben Milnes – Parent

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