The Problem

"You’ve built a stable setting. You’ve passed your inspections. But behind the scenes, the pace feels frantic. Your team is tired, and the joy of early years feels buried under a mountain of tasks. You know nature matters, but you aren't sure how to make it 'lived' rather than just 'delivered.'"

The Nature Nursery Way Solution

We don't start with expensive garden renovations or complex curricula. We start with you. Foundations gives you permission to pause. It’s a self-taught, digital-first journey that focuses on building your own nature connection so you can model it for your team and your children.

You will have access to:

Introduction to The Nature Nursery Way: A short introduction to our pedagogy and who it is for.

The Nature Nursery Way chapter - Why We Begin With Ourselves: Before we consider resources, curriculum, or outdoor spaces, we must look at the practitioner, the person who sets the emotional tone and shapes the landscape of a child's day

The Six Seasons Starter Grid: A simplified version of our signature curriculum to help you notice seasonal shifts immediately.

Moments, Not Minutes Series: Practical, 5-minute training modules for you and your staff on the Threshold Pause and Grounding Glance.

Self Assessment Workbook: A digital version of our diagnostic tool to help you map your current culture.

Introduction to the Seven Pathways: The core principles that shape The Nature Nursery Way. A short introduction to each pathway and how it supports children’s natural development while guiding adults in creating environments rooted in connection, curiosity, and care.

The The Nature Nursery Way Promise: A beautiful, printable certificate to signal your commitment to families and staff.

This route is designed to use what you already have. No expensive catalogues, just the rain, the buds, and the 'real' materials already in your community.

We don't offer this as 'more work.' It is a way to reduce stress through regulated adult presence. Nature is the antidote to burnout, not another task on the list.

Price £175

The Foundations Route

What if the most powerful tool in your nursery isn't a resource you can buy, but the way you breathe, notice, and lead? The Foundations package is your invitation to slow down and begin a new kind of journey, where nature isn't just a backdrop, but your most trusted partner.

Begin with your foundations

The Practice Development Route

Lets move away from treating nature as an 'extra' on your curriculum and start living it as your setting's identity. The Practice Development Route is for the leaders who know that true transformation doesn't happen in a catalog, it happens when your team stops delivering activities and starts noticing the world alongside the children.

The Nature Nursery Way Solution

The Nature Nursery Way provides a systematic, evidence-based roadmap to transition your setting from plastic-heavy to nature-rich. This route focuses on the Seven Pathways and the Six Seasons to create a rhythm that protects childhood and supports practitioner wellbeing.

You will have access to

The entire Foundation Route, along with:

The full Seven Pathways chapter: More than just a set of principles, the Seven Pathways represent a way of being that transforms the daily life of a nursery. From Nature as the Teacher to Slow Childhood, these seven guiding values provide a shared language for making every decision, from how we set up a room to how we respond to a child’s curiosity. This chapter offers the cultural foundation needed to move beyond delivering a curriculum and toward living an ethos of deep care and ecological citizenship.

The full Six Seasons chapter: In nature, change is fluid and continuous, and our Six Seasons chapter honours this subtle transition. By moving beyond the traditional four-season model, we offer a richer, more responsive framework for planning and connection that follows the natural exhales of the land. Whether it is the tentative beginnings of Early Spring or the quiet stillness of Winter, this chapter helps you tune into the unique sensory gifts and emotional tones of the year’s natural cycle.

Detailed seasonal planning modules for all six seasons: Our planning modules provide a three-layered approach to the curriculum, turning the natural world into your primary teaching partner. Each module bridges the gap between theory and practice, offering specific guidance on natural rhythms, environmental expectations, and seasonal rituals for every phase of the year. From the calm of Winter to Late Summer ripening, these modules ensure your curriculum remains alive, authentic, and perfectly aligned with the world outside your door.

Indoor design guide: The indoor environment of The Nature Nursery Way is a living extension of the outdoors, a calm, sensory-rich sanctuary where children feel grounded and held. This guide helps you move away from visual noise and synthetic materials toward a considered palette of natural textures, warm light, and seasonal treasures. Whether you are rewilding a mixed setting or transitioning from plastic-heavy resources, this guide provides the philosophy and practical steps to create an indoor space that breathes with the seasons

Outdoor design guide: Step into the beating heart of our approach with a guide that transforms any outdoor space, from urban courtyards to open fields, into a classroom of wonder. We view the outdoors not as a break from learning, but as the place where nature teaches most clearly through mess, texture, and movement. This guide empowers you to embrace the wildness of the environment, supporting children to manage their own risks and witness the unfolding seasons in real-time.

The 6-Season Curriculum Grid: A comprehensive mapping of the year’s transitions and learning invitations. To help you replace the theme of the week with the rhythm of the land. We provide the comprehensive grid that maps out how every season, from Early Spring to Winter, this shapes your environment, your rituals, and your interactions.

Price £495

The Problem

Many nurseries find themselves caught in a cycle of performative pedagogy. You have the mud kitchen and the wooden crates, but the atmosphere still feels rushed, the planning is still tied to rigid transport or holiday themes, and your team is still exhausted by a frantic daily pace.

Critical Gap: Without a unified framework, nature remains an "add-on," leading to inconsistent practice, fragmented play for children, and a lack of clear professional identity for staff

Grow With Practice Development

The Accredited Setting Route

Your environment is set. Your team is aligned. Your rhythms are established. Now, it’s time to move from practicing the pedagogy to being an Accredited Nature Nursery. Secure your identity as a leader in nature-based early years and join a recognised community of settings that prioritise the 'invisible' needs of children and practitioners alike.

The Problem

Many settings reach a plateau where they have the "look" of a nature nursery with the wooden resources and outdoor space, but they still struggle with the cultural drift back to traditional, frantic habits.

Without an external framework for accountability and a formal community of practice, it is easy for the Slow Childhood and Culture of Care values to become secondary to compliance and productivity.

Without official accreditation, settings often lack the professional status and pedagogical shield needed to explain their unique, unhurried approach to parents and regulators.

The Nature Nursery Way Solution

The Nature Nursery Way Aligned route provides the final layer of professional validation and ongoing support.

The Signature Audit Framework: We move beyond what is written to what is visible, felt, and embedded. We look at seven critical sections, from Connection Before Curriculum to Staff Wellbeing and Regulation, to ensure your setting is culturally held.

The Pedagogical Shield: Give your setting the confidence to stand by your Slow Childhood values. You aren't giving lip service to an idea you are delivering a high-level, evidence-based pedagogy that prioritises emotional security and ecological citizenship.

The TNNW Quality Mark: Secure your setting’s place on our map. Gain the official Aligned Setting plaque, digital badges for your marketing, and a professional listing that tells families exactly what you stand for, attunement, sustainability, and wonder.

You will have access to

Everything within the Foundation and Practice Development routes as well as:

The full The Nature Nursery Way Handbook featuring the Six seasons and the Seven Pathways, along with the full Implementation and Practice guidance which features indoor and outdoor environment design guides, seasonal planning guides and staff wellbeing support.

Bespoke In house Nature Nursery Way audit - A full-day visit (or virtual evidence review) focused on the 7 Sections of the TNNW Framework.

In House training - Two Tailored workshops for your specific team to bridge any emerging gaps identified in your development phase.

Alignment Plaque - A high-quality, physical marker for your setting’s entrance declaring your status as an The Nature Nursery Way aligned setting.

Along with this you will also receive:

The Alignment and Practice Audit Framework

Evidence log template for the the official alignment audit

Self Assessment workbook

Managers walkthrough guide

Price £995

If you have multiple settings and are looking for support, please get in touch with us to discuss how we can help you.

The Nature Nursery Way guidance is designed to be lived with, not rushed through. Start where you are. Take what serves your setting. Return to the guidance as your practice grows and changes. This is a long conversation not a quick fix.

Begin your Journey with a free overview of The Nature Nursery Way

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