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Welcome to Wilding Wee Spaces

The Wilding Wee Spaces (WWS) team are here to support schools to create nature rich outdoor classrooms.

Any school who is gardening for wildlife can REGISTER their schools with WWS.

We will use your information to:
Support your school, linking up with local projects and funding
Track what schools are doing to contribute to city-wide biodiversity targets
Celebrate our collective achievements!
Our resources will guide you through the process of creating your own Wee Wild Space, from getting permission, to co-design, to creating the space, to stewarding the space for years to come.

We know that we are facing climate and nature emergencies, and action is needed from everyone. Many people feel anxious and helpless in the face of these of these crises.

We also know that humans are more disconnected from the rest of nature than ever before, and we need to change our relationships with our ecosystems to be more reciprocal, respectful, and sustainable.

Wilding Wee Spaces empowers schools to take positive action that will make a real difference. We hope this will empower the next generation to carry on making the positive change our planet needs.

Wilding Wee Spaces fits in with Learning for Sustainability, and supports teachers across all subjects to take learning outside.

Benefits of a Wild Wee Space

For ecosystems

⏵ Increase in biodiversity
⏵ Carbon capture
⏵ Water management
⏵ Nature corridors

For learners

⏵ Connection with nature
⏵ Empowering positive change
⏵ Supports engagement with learning
⏵ Developing meta skills
⏵ Health and wellbeing

For schools

⏵ Rich outdoor learning space
⏵ Inspiration and support to make the most of the space
⏵ Meets multidisciplinary curriculum benchmarks
⏵ Meaningful Learning for Sustainability
⏵ Connections with parent and communities

For staff

⏵ CPD
⏵ Meaningful collaboration with students
⏵ Boosting environmental awareness
⏵ Empowering staff to make positive changes
⏵ Health and wellbeing

How does it work?

Through research and development with eight schools in Edinburgh, we have come up with a process and resources to help you create your Wild Wee Space. We are also here to help if you need guidance!

Phase 1: Permission

Identifying your site and getting permission to create your Wild Wee Space.

Phase 2: Co-design

Learn about ecology and what you can do to support biodiversity in your Wee Wild Space and create a plan.

Phase 3: Create

Learners and teaching staff do the practical work of planting trees, sowing seeds, building dead hedges, digging ponds etc.

Phase 4: Stewardship

Take care of your Wild Wee Space make it part of school life use the space for learning across the curriculum for years to come.
Getting
Started

These resources will take you through the process step by step.
Use the flow charts in each phase to guide you through the resources.

Wilding Wee Spaces is a journey that the whole school will go on, one with a huge amount of joy, excitement, and satisfaction along the way! There is no end point.

Take it one step at a time, share your excitement with your learners and build it into the day-to-day life of the school. There are so many rewards to the process; enjoy connecting with nature and your learners and knowing you are taking positive action for people and planet.

If you need support with your project at any point, please get in touch with us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..