Private School Permaculture Gardens in Florida – US

The Innovative Seacrest Country Day School is a 40-acre campus surrounded by preserves. Children spent on an average 3 hours/ day learning outside the classroom. Architects of Life were asked as regenerative permaculture designers to plan their inner courtyard, which would stimulate and develop the kids’ imagination and body coordination, as well as their learning capacities.

The small 250 m² inner recreational court  integrates multiple functional elements like vertical growing trellises, native flowers gardens, edible flowers wooden barrels, “discovery” planters, pollinator thornless shrubs, playful tree stumps were integrated under the pine trees, as well as 4 major sitting tables.

The project was designed and installed in 2 weeks total time. About Seacrest School.

Designed by: Eléonore Todini

Installed by: Brandon da Prato

Pictures of the Installation Phase

Some elements and features of the design phase:

– food growing systems: vertical growing trellises, raised beds, low maintenance semi-shade cherry bush, citrus trees

– functional plantings: viewbrakes, native flowers gardens, edible flowers wooden barrels, “discovery” planters, pollinator thornless shrubs, playful tree stumps, sitting tables