If your school has embarked on a school ground naturalization project, please let us know. Simply fill in the NatureScape Alberta Yard Certification Application form and mail or fax it to NatureScape Alberta. We'll add your school to the NatureScaped School Grounds list on our website and provide you with an attractive NatureScape participant sign to display at your school.
Schools are like a second home to many young people.
By the time they're out of grade six, children have spent approximately 260 full days on their school grounds. Although these grounds are functional and provide open spaces for children to recreate, most are sterile, hard-packed playing surfaces. The application of NatureScape principles can transform these grounds into more interesting, healthy, vibrant and educational landscapes. NatureScaping can bring the natural world close and even, into, the classroom. Students can learn, through active participation, about their local environment and landscapes, and integrate academic and hands-on activities.