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BBC North West Tonight
Classroom Jungle
Designer: Janine Crimmins
Contractor: Wallbank
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This garden is intended specifically for children aged between seven and 11. A jungle theme has been chosen to appeal to a child’s sense of adventure.
The design allows children to feel lost among the plants, and to enjoy exploring their way through the garden. To reach the central seating area, the children must push their way through the plants overhanging a hardwood pathway and step through an opening in the wall. Moving through the seating area, they step out over a pebble mosaic of a lizard, and between two more walls, one low enough to perch on and one with a small window to peek through. The walls are painted in deep red and orange to add vibrant colour to the garden.
The planting is large and dense to reinforce the jungle theme, with splashes of bright red, yellow and orange to create an exotic atmosphere.
Schools in the BBC North West Tonight area have taken part in a competition to win this garden by designing their own jungle area.