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The finalists in our competition to improve an early years outdoor area describe their plans to Laura Marcus Readers of Nursery World rose to meet the Outdoor Challenge, run with Learning Through Landscapes, once again this year.

Readers of Nursery World rose to meet the Outdoor Challenge, run with Learning Through Landscapes, once again this year.

Edwalton Day Nursery, Nottingham

Edwalton Day Nursery is the winner who will receive over 7,000 worth of equipment and outdoor advice.

The plans put together by Edwalton's officer-in-charge, Kelly Staniforth, showed a striking attention to detail and stood out as being both practical and imaginative. The nursery's blueprint makes good use of its three large outdoor areas, which comprise two gardens and a concrete playground. The gardens will share much of the same elements, but one will cater for the under-threes and another for the three- to five-year-olds.

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