Nature experience room

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Eglfing nature adventure playground (including wildflower hills, water play area, fireplace, wood carvings, rock climbing wall and castle hill)

With nature experience space , even Naturerlebnisraum or Naturerlebnisraum , a special form of natural design is schoolyards , kindergartens and playgrounds designated, the early 2000s was introduced through publications. This means the planning, construction and maintenance of a nature experience space together with the users according to the so-called "Dillinger model" of user participation .

history

The planning phase of a nature experience space usually includes the construction of a working model by the children and adults involved, who then model and design the terrain themselves in the implementation phase in project days or project weeks. This is followed by maintenance, with the users also being involved over the years.

Nature experience rooms have the following features, among others: User participation takes place according to the "Dillinger model"; the landscape itself is a “play device”, with great ups and downs inviting movement and play; and classic, commercially available play equipment is more of an exception. The buildings are built according to the principles and guidelines of natural horticulture , such as those presented by the specialist companies for near-natural greenery , and where mainly regional building materials are used. The soils are usually weed-free in order to enable species-rich and diverse sustainable planting and sowing .

The planting is done with native plants ; The relevant publications of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) apply as guidelines for this . The flora is very species-rich and varied, there are not only bushes and lawns as usual with conventional systems, but also sowing with annual and biennial plants , flower beds in all locations, wild flower borders, flower meadows , flower gravel lawns , flower herbs lawn as well as bulbs and perennials - and woody plantings .

The prerequisite for the long-term positive development of nature experience spaces is sustainable, natural care that is based on the principles of sustainability . The aim is "the introduction of permanently positive, self-renewing and sustaining development and change processes in the designed, near-natural outdoor space" .

The first project realized according to these principles was the 1995 built nature adventure schoolyard in Lauingen . The approach of the “Dillinger Model” was then transferred for the first time to nature adventure kindergartens and nature adventure playgrounds in 2000 .

The "Dillinger Model"

The implementation method “Dillinger Modell” developed at the Bavarian Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management in Dillingen provides for an evaluation and further planning of the proposals developed and built by the children as a working model for “their” nature experience space according to four different focal points:

  • “Play and movement” , such as: a diverse hilly landscape with paths, squares, niches and species-rich planting; Water play area; Stream or natural play pond; Stepping stones and jumping stones in the water; Sand slush terrain; Balancing, climbing and jumping trees; Climbing trunks; Tree houses; Climbing rock wall; as well as jumping stones or palisades.
  • "Nature experience and species protection" , such as: bridges made of logs and rocks; Rock boulders; Crawl tunnel; Stone walls; Dry slopes, as herbaceous beds or flower meadows; Flower beds; Flower meadows and lawns; Wild fruit for harvest; Arid locations with wildflowers and small trees; as well as various hedges, small trees and play bushes.
  • “Peace and communication” , such as: Natural resting places and seating made of wood or stone; Benches and tables; Arena with seating steps; Willow structures like mazes and tippis; as well as meeting points.
  • "Art and Creativity" such as: mosaic objects; colorful concrete sculptures; Wood art; as well as metal art.

The Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management in Dillingen has long been concerned with the creative design of schoolyards and has also developed an implementation methodology and various materials for teachers and parents.

practice

The construction of nature experience rooms is in the majority of cases viewed as more cost-effective than that of conventional systems, whereby nature experience rooms are often more creative, stimulating, closer to nature and more "exciting" for children. According to previous experience, their maintenance is also inexpensive. In addition, they promote the intellectual, motor and emotional development and the corresponding abilities of children much better than conventional schoolyards, kindergartens or playgrounds.

The non-profit association Naturgarten e. V. promotes and supports the creation of nature experience spaces, for example through information and advice. In addition, he advocates the establishment of a network of specially trained specialist advisors who have both sufficient structural and technical competence for planning and realizing such systems according to the principles and guidelines of natural horticulture, as well as the necessary educational skills for intensive participation by the adult and especially underage users. The association offers appropriate advanced training and education in this area.

  • Entrance of the 1995 built nature adventure
    schoolyard in Lauingen (including flower meadows, native trees).

  • Castle Hill with crawling in nature adventure children's
    garden Oberneuching (u. A. With flower gravel turf, local wild bushes).

  • Entrance to the nature adventure playground in Eglfing (including
    wildflower hills, water handle
    pump).

  • View over the nature adventure schoolyard Dietenhofen (including wildflower beds, wildflower hills).

See also

literature

  • Academy for Teacher Training Dillingen: 101 idea for the design of the school grounds . Academy f. Further training for teachers in Dillingen, Academy Report No. 246, 1994. ( Academy homepage )
  • Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management Dillingen: "Schoolyard Living Space". The media case . Academy f. Teacher training u. Personnel management Dillingen, Dillingen 2002 (= order no. 7017). ("Multimedia schoolyard advisory kit"; Academy homepage, publication no. 7017 )
  • Annette Dieckmann, Hariet Homm (author); State Association for Bird Protection in Bavaria (ed.): The large LBV children's garden book . First edition, 1st edition, State Association for Bird Protection in Bavaria e. V. (LBV), Hiltpoltstein 1999, ISBN 3-00-004224-5 .
  • Fritz Hilgenstock, Reinhard Witt: The natural garden construction book . Callwey, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7667-1542-9 .
  • Marcel Kalberer, Micky Remann: The willow tree book. The art of designing living structures . 3rd edition, AT-Verlag, Aarau 2002, ISBN 3-85502-649-1 .
  • Udo Lange, Thomas Stadelmann: Playground is everywhere. Plan and design lively worlds of experience with children . 4th, updated u. exp. Ed., Luchterhand, Neuwied u. a. 2001 (= a hundred worlds discovered by the child), ISBN 3-472-04670-8 . (Earlier edition in Herder, Freiburg et al. 1997)
  • Alex Oberholzer, Lore Lässer: Gardens for children. Near-natural kindergarten and school facilities, house gardens and playgrounds . 4th, revised. and newly designed edition, Ulmer Verl., Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4138-8 .
  • Herbert Österreicher: Praxis der Umweltbildung, in: Norbert Kühne (Hrsg.): Praxisbuch Sozialpädagogik, Volume 7, Bildungsverlag EINS , Troisdorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-427-75415-2 .
  • Manfred Pappler, Reinhard Witt: Nature experience spaces. New ways for schoolyards, kindergartens and playgrounds . Kallmeyer Verl., Seelze-Velber 2001, ISBN 3-7800-5268-7 .
  • Reinhard Witt: The natural garden. Lively, beautiful, easy to care for. Planting suggestions for all locations . 2., through Ed., Blv, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-405-15948-2 .
  • Reinhard Witt: Sustainable planting and sowing. Herbs, perennials and shrubs. Gardening successfully for decades. Practical, close to nature. Extended weed lexicon . NaturGarten, Ottenhofen 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-023586-3 .
  • Reinhard Witt: Nature experience school yard. Close-to-nature design of the school grounds . Domino Verlag Günther Brinek GmbH, Munich 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Manfred Pappler, Reinhard Witt: natural experience spaces. New ways for schoolyards, kindergartens and playgrounds . Kallmeyer Verl., Seelze-Velber 2001, ISBN 3-7800-5268-7 .
  2. ↑ Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management Dillingen, “Multimedia School Yard Advisory Case 'Lebensraum Schulhof'” , Dillingen 2002.
  3. ↑ Guidelines (documents on the specialist company for natural green, status 6/07) on the website of the specialist company for natural green
  4. ↑ FloraWeb - data and information on wild plants and vegetation in Germany , online information service of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  5. ↑ Henning Haeupler , Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany (= The fern and flowering plants of Germany. Volume 2). 2nd, corrected and enlarged edition. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001-4990-2 .
  6. ↑ Reinhard Witt: Sustainable plantings and seeds. Herbs, perennials and shrubs. Gardening successfully for decades. Close to nature, practical, new. With weed lexicon . NaturGarten, Ottenhofen 2006, ISBN 3-00-017707-8 .
  7. ↑ NaturErlebnisSchulhof Lauingen ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.reinhard-witt.de
  8. ↑ NaturErlebnisKindergarten and NaturErlebnisSpielplatz Notzing ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.reinhard-witt.de
  9. ^ Homepage of the Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management in Dillingen
  10. ↑ Nature blooms in Bavaria's schoolyards - Environment Minister Schnappauf and Minister of Education Hohlmeier present the new media case "Lebensraum Schulhof" ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release No. 73 of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture of February 27, 2002 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stmuk.bayern.de
  11. ↑ "The school yard as a living space". The media case ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Publication No. 7017 of the Bavarian Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management Dillingen , 2002 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / alp.dillingen.de
  12. ↑ Construction costs of nature experience spaces ( memento of the original of July 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.reinhard-witt.de
  13. ↑ Living and Learning . Article about nature experience spaces in the magazine Sportpädagogik , issue 5/2006
  14. ↑ "Everything Nature - Pure Experience" - report in the magazine Stern , issue 17/1999, pp. 156–164 (it reports on the Naturgarten eV association as well as on natural gardens, wild plants, nature experience spaces, nature experience Schoolyards etc.)
  15. ↑ Gardening sensibly. Wild or designed - the art of finding the right way .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Report by Alexandra Rigos in Greenpeace magazine , issue 5/2006, pp. 16–31 (including about Naturgarten eV , natural gardens, wild plants, etc.) ( PDF file)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.greenpeace-magazin.de